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 1941- 1947
"Classic Comics"
Line Drawn Cover
1947 -early 50's
"Classics Illustrated"
Line Drawn Cover
early 1950's- 1970
"Classics Illustrated"
Painted Cover

   "2009  Classics   Illustrated  Catalog" 
(U.S. series 1941-71)

 

Special featured high grade Canadian editions

 

 

The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated  Volume One

by Dan Malan

new (2006)  slick glossy cover edition (reprint of 1991 edition)



reference list of titles/authors #1~#169

Complete  list of  U.S. Classics Illustrated  for sale   #1~169

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I try to keep this list as current as possible, but some books may already be reserved    

alphabetical list of titles only

publication dates #1~169

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Reprint page reduction chart

A-2 editions (second artwork)


ordering instructions and general information

 

  • single books usually ship via 1st Class Mail to US/Canada @  $3.50, multiple books to US ship via Flat Rate Priority Mail w/ delivery confirmation @ $5.50 (holds up to 10 books) 

  • multiple books shipped overseas via Flat Rate Priority Mail International @ $13 (holds up to 10 books) , single books are usually ~ $5 via air mail

 

 

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book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

 

Classics Illustrated / Classic Comics series by Gilberton 1941-1971

Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition          view sample covers #1-#9

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

titles #1~#34 were all originally published as "Classic Comics" and reprinted as "Classics Illustrated" after 1947

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

C: # /A: # = cover/art  (version)  effective until you see change below that issue  (LDC) = Line Drawn Cover

 

1.  THE THREE MUSKETEERS  by Alexandre Dumas    1st appears  10/41

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

1(21)  VG  $75  5th    7/44
1(21)  G-  $24   5th     7/44

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
1(60)  VG   $20  8th  
1(60)  FA+   $6  8th  
1(78)  G-   $9  10th  
1(114)  VG-   $16  12th  

painted cover editions...
1(167)  VG-   $16   17th   62/63    
1(167)  FN+   $29  20th    3/66
1(167)  FN-   $26  20th    3/66
1(166)  VG/F  $17  22nd  Sp/69
1(169)  FN-  $18  23rd  Sp/71

2.  IVANHOE   by Sir Walter Scott         1st appears  12/41

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

2(18/20)  VG/F  $115   4th   6/44
2(18/20)  VG-  $75   4th      6/44

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
2(64)  P/FA  $5  9th   3" x 5" piece torn from front upper cover

painted cover editions...
2(149)  VG+   $17  17th    
2(166)  VG+   $12   23rd    R/68     
2(169)  F/VF   $16  25th  W/71     
2(166)(TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  VF-  $15    giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
2(166)(TWIN CIRCLE EDITION) FN-  $9    giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad) 

3.  THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO  by Alexandre Dumas         1st appears  3/42

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
 
3(15)  FA/G  $25  3rd     11/43
3(21)  VG/F  $85  6th      7/44
3(28)  VF-  $115   7th     6/46
classics illustrated logo (LDC)
3(87)  FA-   $4   12th
3(113)   VG/F   $24   13th
3(113)   VG   $17   13th
3(113)   G/G-   $8   13th

painted cover editions...
3(135)  VG/VG+   $19  14th   C:2  A:2   1st PC edition
3(143)  G   $8  15th
3(161)  G-  $7   17th
3(167)  VG+  $16   18th   62/63
3(167)  G-  $7   18th   62/63
3(167)  VG  $18   19th  7/64
3(167)  VG  $15   20th  7/65
3(167)  G/VG  $11   21st  7/66
3(167)  G-  $7   21st  7/66    tape on spine
3(166)  FN-  $22   22nd   R68
3(166)  G+  $8   22nd   R68
3(166)  G-  $6   22nd   R68
3(169)  F/VF  $20  23rd    W69

 

4.  THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS  by James Fennimore Cooper        1st appears  8/42

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
none currently available

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
4(78)  G/G+  $12  10th

painted cover editions...
4(150)  F/VF    $32  15th   
4(166) (Twin Circle Sticker) F/VF  $31    (no  TC ad on back cover) soft cover
4(166) (Twin Circle Sticker) FN/FN-   $24    (no  TC ad on back cover) soft cover

5.  MOBY DICK  by Herman Melville       1st appears  9/42

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
none currently available

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
5(36)  G-   $11  8th
5(71)  G-   $8   11th
5(87)  VG   $19   12th
5(87)  G/G-   $8   12th
5(169)  VF/NM   $11    (very hard to find 1996 First Classics identical reprint of 1963 CI.. a test run that didn't fly)    fc   bc 
painted cover editions...
5(131)  VG    $15  14th
5(131)  VG/VG-    $13  14th
5(158)  VG/F    $18  17th
5(158)  G/VG    $9  17th
5(167)  G/G-  $18 19th  6/64
5(167)  FN/FN-  $20 20th  7/65
5(167)  G+  $8   20th  7/65
5(167)  VG/F   $17  21st  3/66
5(167)  VG+   $15  21st  3/66

second painted cover edition...
5(166)  VG/F  $18  23rd   W/69
5(169)  VG- $13  24th  W/71

6.  A TALE OF TWO CITIES  by Charles Dickens         1st appears  11/42

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

6(14) G/VG   $75  2nd     9/43
6(14) G   $55  2nd      9/43
6(20)  FA   $17  4th     6/44
6(28) FN-   $80  5th   a gorgeous copy "VF level"... except that cover color is off register and has small 1/2" tear at top spine     6/46
6(28) G/VG   $50  5th    6/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
6(51)  G-  $11  6th
6(64)  VG  $18  7th
6(78)  VG/VG+  $17  8th

painted cover editions...
6(147)  VG-   $11   13th    
6(166)  VG/F  $15  20th

second painted cover edition...
6(169)  VF/VF-  $24  22nd
6(169)  VG+  $13  22nd

7.  ROBIN HOOD            1st appears  12/42

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

7(28)  VG/VG-  $55   6th    6/46
7(28)  G+  $39   6th    6/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
7(51)  VG/VG-   $27   7th
7(64)  FN   $39   8th
7(78)  VG/VG-   $18   9th
7(97)  FN+   $32  10th
7(97)  VG/F   $25  10th
7(97)  VG/VG-   $17  10th

painted cover editions...
7(167)  VF-   $37   19th   6/64     
7(166)  G+   $12   22nd  12/67 

8.  ARABIAN NIGHTS         1st appears  2/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
8(O) original  G+  $245  1st   
8(O) original  P-  $29  1st    (no back cover/opaque tape on spine & fc /all pages complete) front  back

8(20)  G/VG  $120   2nd   6/44

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
8(51)  VG+   $55   5th
8(51)  G+   $35   5th
8(78)  VG/VG-   $42   7th
8(78)  G/VG   $33   7th
8(78)  G+   $28   7th

painted cover editions...
8(164)  VG+   $48   8th
8(164)  G/VG   $36   8th
8(164)  G+   $30   8th

 

9.  LES MISERABLES   by Victor Hugo       1st  appears  3/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...

9(14)  G/VG   $79   2nd     9/43
9(14)  G+  $68  2nd       9/43

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
9(71)  G/VG   $17   7th
9(87)  VG-   $18   8th
9(87)  G/G+   $13   8th

painted cover editions...
9(161)  VG/F   $26   9th
9(161)  VG+   $22   9th
9(167)  VG+   $22   10th  9/63
9(167)  VG+   $22   11th  12/65
9(169)  VF/NM   $11     (very hard to find 1996 First Classics identical reprint of 1963 CI.. a test run that didn't fly)  fc     bc 

second painted cover edition...
9(166)  VF/VF+  $64  12th   this copy has two covers!
9(166)  VG   $20   12th

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Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition              view sample covers #10-#19

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

C: # /A: # = cover/art  (version)  effective until you see change below that issue

10. ROBINSON CRUSOE   by Daniel Defoe         1st appears  4/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
10(O) original  FA/FA+  $45  1st A

10(14) G/VG  $65  2nd    9/43
10(14) G++  $55  2nd      9/43
10(14) G/G+  $45  2nd     9/43
10(18)  G/VG  $53  3rd     3/44
10(20)  VG  $43  4th      6/44

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
10(51)  VF-  $54   6th
10(51)  G/G+  $14   6th
10(78)  VF-  $54   8th
10(78)  VG/F-  $24   8th

painted cover editions...
10(167)  VG-  $14   16th  7/64 
10(166)  VF+   $26  19th  F/68
10(166)  VG+   $16  19th  F/68
10(169)  FN/FN+  $16  21st  SU/70
10(TC) VF-  $21 Twin Circle edition  (full page back cover ad) 
10(TC) VG/F  $12 Twin Circle edition  (full page back cover ad) 

11. DON QUIXOTE    by Miguel DeCervantes          1st appears  5/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
11(O) original  VG/F  $325  1st
11(O) original  VG/VG+  $275  1st
11(O) original  G/VG  $155  1st
11(O) original  G++  $125  1st    front   back 

11(21)  VG+  $75  3rd    7/44
11(28)  VG/VG-   $62  4th     6/46 
11(28)  FA-   $11  4th    (one half of back cover is missing)   6/46

painted cover editions...
11(110)   F/VF   $30   5th 
11(167)  VG/F  $25  8th  2/64 

second painted cover edition...
none currently available

12. RIP VAN WINKLE & HEADLESS HORSEMAN   by Washington Irving           1st appears  6/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
12(O) original  F/VF   $595  1st
12(O) original  G   $115  1st

12(20)  G   $29   3rd   6/44
12(22)  VG+   $59  4th     10/44
12(28)  FA/FA-   $10  5th    6/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
12(118)  VG/VG-  $17  10th 

painted cover editions...
12(167)  VG  $15  15th  12/63
12(167)  FN/FN+  $24  16th  4/65

second painted cover edition...
12(166)  FN+  $22  18th  R/68
12(166)  FN/FN- $19  18th  R/68
12(166)  G+  $10  18th  R/68
12(169)  G+  $9  19th 

13. DR JEKYLL & MR. HYDE   by Robert Louis Stevenson          1st appears  8/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
13(O) original  G++  $195  1st    front    back 

classics illustrated logo.. second LDC
none currently available

painted cover editions...
13(153)  G+  $14  10th
13(161)  FN-   $24  10th
13(167)  FN-  $23  14th   11/65
13(166)  VG/F  $18  15th  R/68
13(169)  VG+  $15  16th   W/69

14. WESTWARD HO!   by Charles Kingsley        1st appears  9/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
14(O) original  G/G-   $245  1st  front   back 

14(21)  G+  $125  4th     10/44
14(28)  G  $105  4th     6/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
14(53)  G/VG  $95   5th
14(53)  G++  $75   5th   (nice FC  small pieces missing on BC... (book is attached at staples, made with low grade paper)

15. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN   by Harriet Beecher Stowe        1st appears  11/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
15(O) original  FN++   $475  1st
15(O) original  G/VG   $150  1st

15(15)  FA/G  $18  2nd     11/43
15(21) VG/F $95 3rd      7/44
15(28) VG+   $75 4th     6/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
15(53)  VG   $22  5th
15(53)  FA/FA-   $4  5th 
15(71)  FN-   $29  6th
15(71)  G   $14  6th
15(89)  VG-  $15  7th
15(89)  G-  $8  7th
15(89)  FA/FA-  $4  7th  (spine split)

painted cover editions...
15(137)  G   $11  10th 
15(154)  VG+  $23  12th 
15(167)  F/VF  $25  16th 
15(166)  FN+   $21  17th  5/67  
15(166)  VG+   $15  17th  5/67  
second painted cover edition...
15(169) VF  $28  19th       C:3/ A:1  

16. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS   by Jonathan Swift        1st appears  12/43

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
16(O) original  VG+   $225  1st   
16(O) original  FA++   $50  1st    bottom 1.5" of front cover cut off

16(18/20)  FA/G   $18  2nd    6/44
16(28)  FN/FN-   $85  4th      6/46
16(28)  G+   $35  4th     6/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
16(60)  VG/F   $29   5th 
16(78)  F/VF  $39   7th
16(78)  VG/VG+  $19   7th
16(89)  VG/VG-  $16   8th

painted cover editions...
16(166) F/VF  $30  13th    R/68   
16(166) VG/F  $22  13th    R/68   

17. THE DEERSLAYER   by James Fennimore Cooper        1st appears  1/44

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
17(22)   G/VG  $38   2nd   10/44

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
17(60)  VG-   $23  5th 
17(64)  FN-   $33  6th 

painted cover editions...
17(166)  FN-  $19  11th    C:2/ A:1

18. THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME   by Victor Hugo        1st appears  3/44

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
18(O) original  G/VG   $195  1st  1A (Gilberton)  front  back 
18(O) original  G+   $125  1st 1B
18(O) original  G-   $85  1st 1A

18(18/20)  P+  $14 2nd   (decent cover.. very poor pages)     7/44
18(22)   VG-   $75  3rd      front   back    10/44
18(28)   VG   $65  4th    6/46      

classics illustrated logo  second line drawn cover editions...
18(60)  VG/F   $25  5th 
18(62)  FN   $30  6th 

18(67)  VF  $125      scarce Canadian edition


painted cover editions...
18(140) FN  $40 10th PC 1st   C:3/ A:1
18(140)  VG  $24 10th 
18(146)  FN  $34  11th

second painted cover edition...
18(158)  FN  $23 12th  PC 1st   C:4/ A:2
18(158)  G/G+  $12  12th  
18(165)  G   $9   13th   
18(167) G/VG  $9  16th 4/66  
18(166)  VG/F  $16   17th   R/68
18(166)  G+  $8   17th   R/68
18(169)  VF/NM   $11       (very hard to find 1996 First Classics identical reprint of 1963 CI.. a test run that didn't fly)  fc    bc
   

19. HUCKLEBERRY FINN   by Mark Twain       1st appears  4/44

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
19(O) original  G+   $95  1st 

19(18) VG-  $45  2nd     3/44
19(20) VG/F  $55 3rd    6/44
19(22) VG- $38 3rd    10/44
19(22) FA/G  $10  3rd  severe spine roll   10/44
19(28)  VG++   $49  4th   6/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
19(62)  F/VF   $35  6th
19(62)  G   $13  6th

painted cover editions...
19(165)  VG+  $20 14th  

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Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition           view sample covers #20-#29

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

C: # /A: # = cover/art  (version)  effective until you see change below that issue

20. THE CORSICAN BROTHERS   by Alexandre Dumas      1st appears  6/44

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
none currently available

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
20(60)  VG-   $38  4th 
20(60)  G+   $29  4th 
20(62)  VG+   $42  5th A
20(62)  VG-   $37  5th A
20(78)  VG/VG-   $36  6th
20(97)  VG/F   $39  7th   
20(97)  G+   $20  7th   

21. THREE FAMOUS MYSTERIES   by Doyle-Poe-Maupassant       1st appears  7/44

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
21(O) original G/VG   $145  1C  (would grade VG or higher , has small chip out of lower side of front cover)
21(O) original G-   $95  1A

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
21(70)  VF++   $225  5th    front cover   
21(85)  VG+  $39  6th

painted cover editions...
21(114)  VG/F   $68  7th
21(114)  VG  $58  7th
21(114)  G  $28  7th

22. THE PATHFINDER   by James Fennimore Cooper        1st appears  1/44

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
22(O) original VG  $135  

22(30) FA-  $12   2nd    9/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
22(70) FN  $19  4th
22(70) VG+  $12  4th
22(85) FN-  $16 5th
22(118) G/VG $7 6th
22(132) G/G-  $4 7th

painted cover editions...
22(167)  VG+   $22  10th    12/65
22(166)  VG-   $15  11th    8/67

23. OLIVER TWIST   by Charles Dickens         1st appears  7/45

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
23(O) original VG+  $145  

23(30)  VG-   $55  2nd     9/46
23(30)  G/VG   $45  2nd    9/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
23(60) FN-  $19  3rd
23(71)  FN-   $18   5th  (slight water stain at lower corner of spine o/w VF)
23(71)  G  $7   5th
23(85)  VF-  $36   6th
23(85)  VG+  $16   6th
23(94)  G+  $7   7th
23(118)  FN  $16   8th

painted cover editions...
23(164)  VG+  $30  11th  (old interior art  A1)

24. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT    by Mark Twain        1st appears  9/45

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
24(O) original VG/VG+ $135  1st
24(O) original FA- $18 1st

24(30)  G+   $22  2nd     9/46
24(30)  FA   $10 2nd     9/46

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
24(62)  VF  $125   scarce Canadian edition
24(87)  G/VG  $12  6th
24(87)  G/G-  $6  6th

painted cover editions...
24(167)  FN-  $19  11th  62/63
            

25. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST    by R H Dana Jr.      1st appears  10/45

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
25(O) original  G  $55  1st    
25(O) original  FA-  $20  1st    
25(O) original  P/FA $12  1st    

25(30) P+  $8   2nd      (reading copy)

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
25(85)  VG+  $14 6th
25(85)   G/VG  $9  6th

painted cover editions...
25(156)  F/VF   $26  8th
25(156)  VG/F   $18  8th

26. FRANKENSTEIN    by Mary W Shelley       1st appears  12/45

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
26(O) original  VG/VG-   $255  1st   (high grade copy with light subscription crease)  front  spine   back

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
26(82)  G-  $14   6th B (pulpy cover)  (a VG or better cover  but first inside page has 3" lower corner missing.. does not affect text)
26(169)  VF/NM  $11   (very hard to find 1996 First Classics identical reprint of 1963 CI Canadian edition.. a test run that didn't fly)  fc  ifc   ibc   bc

painted cover editions...
list is currently being revised... please ask .. I have lots of editions

27. THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO       1st appears  4/46

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
27(O) original  FN+  $265 1st  (VF++ copy with 1/2" loose piece on lower spine towards back cover... fixable)
27(O) original VG/VG-  $95 1st
27(O) original G/VG  $65 1st
27(O) original FA- $20 1st

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
#27(67)  VF  $125   scarce Canadian edition 

27(70)  VG+  $18   3rd
27(87)  VF/VF-  $41   4th
27(117)  VG/VG-  $13  5th
27(117)  G+  $9  5th

painted cover editions...
27(165)  G/VG   $12  7th
27(167)  F/VF   $24  9th  june/66
27(169) VF   $24  10th   SP69      

28. MICHAEL STROGOFF    by Jules Verne     1st appears  6/46

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
28(O) original  P/FA  $20  1st     (reading copy)

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
28(51)  G  $13  2nd  (1" piece torn from upper  right fc  o/w VG+)

painted cover editions...
28(115) VG/F $17 3rd PC-1st    C:2/ A:1
28(115) G $7 3rd PC-1st
28(167)  G/G+   $8  5th       cover detached from staples
28(167)  FN+   $18  6th    
  
second painted cover edition...
28(169)  F/VF   $24  7th
28(169) VG/F  $16 7th
28(169) VG+   $14 7th
28(169)  G/VG   $8 7th

29. THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER   by Mark Twain       1st appears  7/46

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
29(O) original  VG-  $135  1st
29(O) original  G/G+  $85  1st

classics illustrated logo.. second line drawn cover editions...
29(71)  VF+  $75  4th   C:2/ A:1
29(71)  VF-  $55  4th   C:2/ A:1
29(71)  FN-  $28  4th
29(93)  VG-  $12  5th
29(114)   G/VG  $12  6th
29(114)   G+ $10  6th
29(169)   VF/NM  $11     (very hard to find 1996 First Classics identical reprint of 1950 CI   "Canadian" edition that didn't fly) fc   ifc   ibc   bc

painted cover editions...
29(150)  FN   $16   9th
29(150)  G   $4   9th
29(164)  G+  $6  10th
29(164)  G-  $4  10th
29(167) VF- $18 11th   62/63
29(167)  F/VF  $21  12th  7/64
29(167)  FN- $15  12th  7/64
29(167) G/VG $5 13th  11/65
29(166)  VF  $19 14th   r/68
29(166)  F/VF  $14 14th   r/68
29(166)  FN  $10 14th   r/68
29(169) FN- $11 15th
29(169) VG- $6 15th


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Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition          view sample covers  #30-#39

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

30. THE MOONSTONE   by William Wilkie Collins      1st appears  9/46

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
30(O) original  VF-  $325  1st
30(O) original  VG-  $105  1st
30(O) original  G   $45  1st
30(O) original  G/G-   $39  1st

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
30(60)  VG/F  $29  2nd
30(60)  VG+  $24  2nd
30(70)  G/VG   $15   3rd
30(70)  G/G-  $10   3rd
30(70)  FA-  $4  3rd  (nice copy with 3" rip through entire book from bottom)

painted cover editions...
30(165)  VG/F  $18  5th    

31. THE BLACK ARROW   by Robert Louis Stevenson      1st  appears   10/46

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
31(O) original VF-  $295   1st  
31(O) original  G/VG  $95   1st  (some minor sealed tares on cover... this is actual grade, not restored grade, also name lightly written on FC) nice copy

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
31(51) VG- $13 2nd
31(125) G $6  6th

painted cover editions...
31(140)  G+   $8   8th    C:2/ A:1
31(148)  VG   $9   9th    
31(161)  VG+   $11   10th    
31(167)  F/VF  $17  11th  62/63
31(167)  G  $7  11th  62/63
31(167)  VG/F  $11  13th  11/65
31(166)  VG    $8   14th  R68

32. LORNA DOONE    by R D Blackmore     1st  appears     12/46

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
32(O) original  VG-  $95  1st

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
32(53/64)  F/VF   $42  2nd 
32(53/64)  VG+   $25  2nd 
32(53/64)  G   $13  2nd 
32(53/64)  FA/G   $8  2nd 
32(118)  VG/F   $17  4th

painted cover editions...
32(150)  VG   $16  6th 

second painted cover edition...
32(166)  G   $8  10th     C:3/ A:1

33. THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES  by Arthur Conan Doyle        1st appears     1/47

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
none currently available
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
classics illustrated logo (LDC)
33(53)  G-   $39  2nd 
33(71)   G/VG   $45  3rd
33(89)  VG/F   $65   4th

34. MYSTERIOUS ISLAND   by Jules Verne       1st appears     2/47

Classic Comics logo cover editions...
34(O) original VF  $345   1st
34(O) original  G/G+  $43  1st
34(O) original  FA  $26  1st

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
34(60)  F/VF   $32   2nd
34(62)  VG+   $18  3rd
34(62)  G+   $9  3rd
34(78)  FN  $29   5th
34(117)  VG/F  $17   7th

painted cover editions...
34(140)  VG-   $13  8th 

35. THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII   by Bulwer-Lytton-Edward          1st appears     3/47  ( Logo change to CI )

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
35(O) original  G/VG  $95 1st
35(O) original  FA/G   $35 1st

painted cover editions...
35(167)  FN-  $22   4th

36. TYPEE   by Herman Melville       1st appears     4/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
36(O) original VF-  $225 1st
36(O) original G-  $25 1st

                                                                                              
painted cover editions...
36(155)  VG/F   $12 3rd PC-1st
36(169)  FN-  $13  6th

37. THE PIONEERS   by James Fennimore Cooper       1st appears     5/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
37(O) original VG- $44  1st
37(O) original G+   $28  1st

37(62) VG/VG-  $17  2nd A
37(70) VF  $45  4th
37(70) VG+  $16  4th
37(92) G/VG  $9  4th
37(92) G- $4  4th
37(131) VG/F   $15  6th
37(131) VG+  $12  6th
37(131) VG $10  6th
37(132) VG-  $10  7th
37(132) G-  $5   7th
37(153) G/VG $7  8th
37(167)  FN-  $16  9th 5/64
37(167)  G/VG  $8  9th 5/64
37(167) G/VG $5  10th 6/66

painted cover editions...
37(166)  VG -   $11  11th
37(166)  G   $7   11th

38. THE ADVENTURES OF CELLINI        1st appears     6/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
38(O) original VF- $295 1st
38(O) original  F/VF  $225 1st
38(O) original G/G-  $39  1st
38(O) original FA  $25  1st  (spine completely split)

painted cover editions...
38(164) VF-  $35  2nd
38(164) F/VF  $29  2nd
38(167) FN-  $20  3rd  12/63
38(167) VG/F   $17  3rd  12/63
38(167) VG/VG-   $12  3rd  12/63
38(167) VF   $35  4th   7/66
38(167) VG/F   $16  4th   7/66

 

39. JANE EYRE   by Charlotte Bronte      1st appears     7/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
39(O) original  VF-  $295  1st
39(O) original  G  $37  1st
39(O) original  G-  $32   1st

39(60) G-   $9   2nd
39(60) FA+   $6   2nd
39(71) FA+   $6  4th  (10c cover)
39(75)  VF/VF-  $125   scarce Canadian edition
39(92)  VG  $14  5th
39(92)  G  $9  5th

painted cover editions...
39(167) FN/FN-   $20  12th     

second painted cover edition...
39(166)  FN+   $39  13th  
39(166)  VG/F   $29  13th  
39(166)  VG   $24  13th  
39(166)  G/VG   $18  13th 


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Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition            view sample covers  #40-#49

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

40. MYSTERIES   by Edger Allan Poe        1st appears     8/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
40(O) original F/VF  $395  1st  
40(O) original F/VF  $325  1st   view image    this copy was cut on a slight angle
40(O) original P  $25  1st

40(75)  VF-  $225    scarce Canadian edition

40(75) VF+ $185  3rd
40(75) VG/VG- $65  3rd
40(92) VG/F  $65  4th
40(92) VG-  $49  4th

 41. TWENTY YEARS AFTER   by Alexandre Dumas      1st appears     9/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
41(O) original FN/FN-  $215  1st
41(O) original  G+  $75  1st

second line drawn cover editions...
41(75)  VF/VF-  $125   scarce Canadian edition


painted cover editions...
41(167)  F/VF  $18  5th 12/63

42. SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON   by Jonathan Wyss      1st appears     10/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
42(O) original  G/VG   $53   1st
42(O) original  G   $38   1st
42(O) original  FA+   $15   1st

42(62)  VG-  $26  2nd A
42(75)  VF-   $45   3rd     
42(75)  VG/F   $27   3rd     
42(75)  G/VG   $16   3rd     
42(75)  G+   $11   3rd     
42(93)  G+   $10   4th     

painted cover editions...
42(131)  VG-   $17  6th
42(137)  VG   $20   7th
42(137)  G/VG   $15   7th
42(141)  VF   $43  8th
42(141)  FN/FN+   $29    8th
42(141)  VG   $19    8th
42(141)   G/VG   $14    8th
42(167)  VG-   $25  12th  62/63
42(167)   G/VG   $19  12th  62/63
42(166)  VF  $33  15th   11/67

43. GREAT EXPECTATIONS   by Charles Dickens           1st appears     11/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)

43(62)  FN   $285  2nd   front cover      inside fc
43(62)  VG  $185   2nd   front cover & spine   front  inside fc

43(44)  VG/VG-  $390  rare Canadian edition  front   back  edge fold over   still attached

44. MYSTERIES OF PARIS   by Eugene Sue          1st appears     12/47

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
44(O) original  VG/F  $195  1st  
44(O) original  VG-  $155  1st  
44(O) original  G/G+  $88  1st  
44(O) original  G/G-  $75  1st  

44(62)  G  $45   2nd  
44(78)  FN-  $125   3rd  
44(78)  VG/F  $115   3rd  
44(78)  VG-  $83   3rd  
44(78) G+  $59  3rd  CGC Slabbed @ 2.5 (if you'd like to have a CGC case in your collection, here's a way)

45. TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS   by Thomas Hughes         1st appears     1/48

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
45(O) original  F/VF   $85 1st
45(O) original  FN   $62 1st
45(O) original G   $19 1st
45(O) original  P/FA   $9  1st
45(O) original P   $6  1st

45(64)  FN  $23  2nd

painted cover editions...
45(161)  VG    $12   3rd
45(167)  VG/F  $11   5th  8/66
45(166)  VG/F  $10  6th 

46. KIDNAPPED  by Robert Louis Stevenson          1st appears     4/48

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
46(O) original  FN+  $59  1st
46(O) original VG/F  $48  1st
46(O) original VG-  $35  1st
46(O) original G/VG $28 1st
46(O) original G+  $20  1st
46(O) original FA+  $10  1st

46(62) FA $4 2nd  A
46(78)  G+  $8   4th
46(87) VF  $38   4th
46(87) VG/F $14 4th
46(118) G+ $5 5th

painted cover editions...
46(164)  VG  $10  9th
46(167)  VG  $8  11th  3/64
46(169)  VG/F  $8  16th
46(169)  VG  $6  16th

47. TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA   by Jules Verne        1st appears     5/48

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
47(O) original FA/FA-  $11 1st

47(64)  G-  $10  2nd
47(64)  FA/G  $7  2nd
47(78)  G+  $10   3rd
47(94)  G+  $9   4th

painted cover editions...
47(167)  VG-  $15   14th   8/65

second painted cover edition...
47(166)  VG/VG-  $13  17th  

48. DAVID COPPERFIELD  by Charles Dickens     

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
48(O) original  FN+ $75 1st
48(O) original  FN- $59 1st
48(O) original  VG/F $49 1st
48(O) original G   $20  1st
48(O) original G-   $16  1st

48(64)  VF-  $39  2nd
48(64)  G+  $9  2nd
48(64)  FA  $3   2nd  trimmed 1/2" at bottom
48(87)  F/VF  $23  3rd;
48(87)  VG-  $10  3rd
48(87)  G/G+  $8  3rd
painted cover editions...
48(130) FN $ 11 5th
48(140)  VG/VG-  $7  6th
48(140) G+ $5  6th
48(156) FN $12 8th
48(156) VG $7  8th
48(167)  VG  $7  9th  62/63
48(167)  VG/VG+  $10  10th  4/64
48(166)  FN  $12  12th
48(166) G/VG $5 12th
48(166) G $4 12th
48(166) G $4 14th
48(169) FN- $9 15th
48(169)  VG  $5  15th
48(169) G- $3 15th
48(TC) VF $28 twin circle  (full page back cover ad)
48(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION) FN $20   giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
48(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  VG- $13  giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
48(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  G   $7  giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)

 

49. ALICE IN WONDERLAND   by Lewis Carroll

classics illustrated logo (LDC)

49(O) original  G/G-  $23 1st

painted cover editions...
49(165)   VG/VG-  $33  5th
49(165)   G/VG  $24  5th
second painted cover edition...
49(166)  VF   $65  8A soft cover



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Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition           view sample covers #50-#59

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

50. TOM SAWYER   by Mark Twain         

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
50(O) original  G  $19  1st A (8/48)
50(O) original  P  $5  1st

painted cover editions...
50(169)  F/VF  $16  14th  Au/69          
50(169)  VF $18  15th  W/71...             
50(169)  FN/FN-  $13  15th  W/71         

51. THE SPY    by James Fennimore Cooper   

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
51(O) original VG- $35 1A
51(O) original G/VG $28 1A
51(O) original G/G+  $20 1A
51(O) original G  $18  1A

51(O) original  VG/F  $45  1B
51(O) original VG- $35 1B

51(O) original G+  $20  1C
51(O) original G/G+  $18  1C
51(O) original FA/G  $10  1C

51(89) VF  $41 2nd
51(89) VG-  $12  2nd
painted cover editions...
51(139)  G   $8  4th 
51(156)  VG  $16  5th
51(167)  VG-  $9   7th  7/66

 

52. THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES   by Nathaniel Hawthorne       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
52(O) original VG+  $42  1st
52(O) original VG-  $35  1st
52(O) original G+ $22  1st
52(O) original G $18  1st
52(O) original  FA+ $8 1st
52(O) original  FA- $4 1st

52(89) VG-  $9 2nd
52(89) G  $6  2nd
52(121) VG/F $12 3rd
52(121) VG-  $9  3rd
52(121) G/VG   $8  3rd
52(121) G   $6  3rd
painted cover editions...
52(142)  VG  $10  4th/PC1
52(142)  G/VG  $6  4th/PC1
52(156) VG  $6 5th
52(165) VG/F  $10  6th
52(169) VG- $5 10th

53. A CHRISTMAS CAROL   by Charles Dickens      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
53(O) original FN/FN-  $75 1st
53(O) original   FN-  $69 1st
53(O) original  G/G-  $24  1st     tape on spine

54. THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK    by Alexandre Dumas          

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
54(O) original FN  $55 1st
54(O) original  VG/F  $46 1st
54(O) original G  $20 1st

54(94)  VG+ $16  3rd

painted cover editions...
54(142)  G/VG   $14  4th/PC1

55. SILAS MARNER   by George Eliot       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
55(O) original  F/VF  $75  1st
55(O) original  VG/F  $42  1st
55(O) original  VG/VG-  $32  1st
55(O) original  G  $17  1st
55(O) original FA $7 1st
55(O) original P  $4 1st

55(75) VF+ $65 2nd   (reprint with coming next ad)
55(75) FN+ $23 2nd   (reprint with coming next ad)
55(75) VG/F  $17 2nd   (reprint with coming next ad)
55(75) G/G- $6  2nd   (reprint with coming next ad)
55(97)  VG/F  $16  3rd
55(97)  VG+  $13  3rd
55(97)  G  $6  3rd
55(97)  FA/G  $3  3rd
painted cover editions...
55(121) VG+ $9 4th   PC 1st
55(130) FN/FN-  $10 5th
55(167)  VF-  $30   9th 2/64
55(167)  G/VG  $11  9th 2/64
55(166) VF- $15 12B

56. TOILERS OF THE SEA   by Victor Hugo         

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
56(O) original  F/VF  $115   1st
56(O) original  FN  $85   1st
56(O) original  VG   $55   1st
56(O) original  G+  $33   1st
56(O) original  G/G+  $29   1st

painted cover editions...
none currently available

57. SONG OF HIAWATHA   by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
57(O) original   FN   $57 1st
57(O) original   VG   $37 1st

57(75) VG $10 2nd
57(75) G/VG $8 2nd
57(75) G $6 2nd
57(75) G-  $5  2nd
57(94) VF-  $33 3rd
57(94) FN- $16 3rd
57(94) VG/F  $13 3rd
painted cover editions...
57(134)  VG/VG-  $9  5th  PC 1st
57(139) VG+ $9 6th
57(139) G/VG $6 6th
57(154)  VG+  $12  7th
57(167)  VG/F  $9  8th  62/63

58. THE PRAIRIE   by James Fennimore Cooper    

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
58(O) original F/VF  $75 1st
58(O) original G $15 1st
58(O) original  FA  $7 1st
58(O) original P $3 1st

LDC reprint editions ...
58(78) VG/F $12 3rd
58(114) FN $16 4th
58(114) VG/F $12 4th
58(114) VG- $9 4th

painted cover editions...
58(146) G+  $5  7th
58(167) VG $8  9th 5/64
58(169)  FN+  $13 11th

59. WUTHERING HEIGHTS   by Emily Bronte 

classics illustrated logo (LDC)

59(O) original  VG/VG- $38  1st
59(O) original  FA-  $8  1st
59(O) original  P  $5  1st

59(85)  VG+  $18  2nd


painted cover editions...
59(156)  VG/VG+  $18  3rd
59(156)  VG-  $15  3rd
59(167)  VG/F  $19  5th  10/66


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Please don't confuse a scarce title or edition with what may just be a very popular but readily available  title, by its absence from this list.

book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition        view sample covers    #60-#69

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

60. BLACK BEAUTY   by Anna Sewell       

  classics illustrated logo (LDC)
60(O) original  VG/F   $55  1st 
60(O) original  VG   $36  1st 
60(O) original  G/VG   $27  1st 

60(85)  VF  $45   3rd
60(85)  F/VF   $37   3rd
60(85)  VG/VG-  $19   3rd

painted cover editions...
60(167)  VG/F   $22   5th   2/64
60(Record Edition) G/G-  $16  very scarce, only sold with LP in 1966 ... number is blank on cover

second painted cover edition...
60(166)  VG+  $30   7th
60(166)  FA/G  $5   7th

61. WOMAN IN WHITE   by Wilkie Collins       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
61(O) original  FN-   $51  1st A
61(O) original  VG/F   $43  1st A
61(O) original  VG   $36  1st A
61(O) original  VG-   $33  1st A
61(O) original  G/VG   $26  1st A
61(O) original  G+   $19  1st A

painted cover editions...
61(156)  F/VF  $31   2nd
61(167)  VG+  $21   3rd   1/64
61(167)  VG+  $21   3rd   1/64
61(167)  G/VG  $12   3rd   1/64
61(167)  G  $9   3rd   1/64
61(166)  G+  $11  4th    R/68
61(166)  G  $8  4th    R/68

62. WESTERN STORIES   by Bret Harte      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
62(O) original FN/FN-  $40  1st
62(O) original VG+   $32  1st
62(O) original VG   $28  1st
62(O) original G+ $20 1st
62(O) original G  $17 1st
62(O) original  FA  $8  1st

62(89) FN-  $18  2nd
62(89) VG+ $12  2nd
painted cover editions...
62(152)  VG  $15  5th
62(152)  G/VG  $11  5th
second painted cover edition...
62(166) G/VG  $11  9th

63. MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY   by Edward Everett Hale         

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
63(O) original  FN  $59  1st
63(O) original  VG  $35 1st
63(O) original  G/VG  $27 1st
63(O) original  G/G+  $22 1st
63(O) original  FA/FA+  $10 1st

63(78) G+  $12   2nd
painted cover editions...
63(167) FN-  $18  6th  8/66
63(167) VG  $10  6th  8/66

64. TREASURE ISLAND   by Robert Louis Stevenson         

classics illustrated logo (LDC)

64(O) original  FN-  $55 1st
64(O) original  VG+  $43 1st
64(O) original  VG-  $35 1st
64(O) original  G+  $19  1st

64(82)  G/VG  $12  2nd B (pulpy cover)
64(117)  G/G-  $7  3rd
painted cover editions...
64(169)  VG+  $14  14th  Sp/69
64(LJS) VF+-  $27  (Long John Silver giveaway edition  "99c" version)
64(LJS) VF-  $17  (Long John Silver giveaway edition  "$1.95" version)

65. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN-AUTOBIOGRAPHY          

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
65(O) original VG+ $29 1st
65(O) original G/VG $19 1st
65(O) original G $12 1st
65(O) original FA/G  $9 1st
65(O) original FA  $7 1st

painted cover editions...
65(167) VF $44  5th   4/66
65(167) G/VG  $15  5th   4/66
65(169)  VF  $18  6th    F/69
Ben Franklin Stores edition  G  $55   very scarce giveaway edition
Ben Franklin Stores edition  FA-  $23  very scarce giveaway edition
  

66. THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH   by Charles Reade        

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
66(O) original FN-  $95  1st
66(O) original VG-  $65  1st
66(O) original G  $38  1st

67. THE SCOTTISH CHIEFS    by Jane Porter     

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
67(O) original  VG  $29 1st
67(O) original  G/VG  $24 1st
67(O) original G/G+  $15 1st
67(O) original G $12 1st
67(O) original FA/FA-  $5 1st

67(85)  VG/F   $16  2nd
67(85)  VG-   $13  2nd
67(118)  FN- $18  3rd
67(118)  VG/VG-  $13  3rd
painted cover editions...
67(167)  G+  $10  6th  62/63

68. JULIUS CAESAR   by William Shakespeare  

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
68(O) original  VG  $29 1st

68(108)  VG   $16   3rd

painted cover editions...
68(165) G   $9  5th
68(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  VG/F  $40  giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
68(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  VG-  $32  giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
68(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  G/VG  $25  giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
68(166) (TWIN CIRCLE EDITION)  G/G+  $18  giveaway edition  (full page back cover TC ad)


69. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS   by Jules Verne

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
69(O) original  G+  $16 1st

69(87)  VF/VF-  $33  2nd
69(125)  VG/VG-  $10   3rd
painted cover editions...
69(136)  VG/VG-  $12   4th


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book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition          view sample covers #70-#79

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

70. THE PILOT    by James Fennimore Cooper       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
70(O) original VG $23 1st
70(O) original VG- $20 1st
70(O) original G $10 1st
70(O) original G/G-  $8 1st
70(O) original P/FA $3 1st
70(O) original P $2 1st

70(92)  G/G-  $4  2A
painted cover editions...
70(156)  VG/F  $14  4th  PC 1st

71. THE MAN WHO LAUGHS   by Victor Hugo   

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
71(O)original   VG+  $38  1st
71(O)original   VG/VG-   $30  1st

71(75)  VF/VF-  $125   scarce Canadian edition

painted cover edition...
71(165)  VF-    $54  2nd    C2:A2  PC-1st
71(165)  VG    $31  2nd    
71(165)  VG/VG-    $29  2nd    
71(167)  FN-   $40  3rd
71(167)  VG+   $30  3rd

72. THE OREGON TRAIL    by Francis Parkman          

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
72(O) original VG- $22 1st
72(O) original G $12 1st
72(O) original FA $6 1st
72(O) original P+ $3 1st

72(89)  G  $6  2nd
72(89)  G-  $4  2nd
72(121) VG/VG-  $9  3rd
72(121) G  $6  3rd
72(121) G-  $4  3rd
painted cover editions...
72(131)  G-  $4   4th  PC 1st
72(164)  VG  $12  7th
72(164)  G/G+  $8  7th
72(166)  VG/VG-  $9  11th   R68

73. THE BLACK TULIP    by Alexandre Dumas        

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
73(O)original   FN+   $145  1st
73(O)original   FN   $135  1st
73(O)original   VG/F   $115  1st
73(O)original   FA+   $25  1st  coupon cut from back cover

74. MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY by Frederick Marryat        

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
74(O)original   VG/F  $115  1st
74(O)original   VG+   $95  1st
74(O)original   G/VG   $69   1st
74(O)original   G++  $64  1st  nice copy with vertical subscription crease on front cover
74(O)original   G+  $58  1st

74(75)  VF  $265    scarce Canadian edition

75. THE LADY OF THE LAKE    by Walter Scott       

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
75(O) original  VG+  $22 1st
75(O) original G/VG $12 1st
75(O) original G/G-  $9  1st
75(O) original  FA  $5  1st

75(85) VF/VF+  $38  2nd
75(85)  F/VF  $22   2nd
75(85) VG  $11  2nd
75(85) G  $6  2nd
75(85) G- $4 2nd
75(118) VF- $22 3rd
75(118) F/VF $18 3rd
75(118) FN $14 3rd
75(118) G+ $6 3rd
75(118)  FA  $3 3rd
75(118)  FA/FA-  $3 3rd    (3 holes punched through entire book near spine... O/W VG+)
painted cover editions...
75(139) G+ $6 4th  PC 1st
75(139) G $5 4th  
75(139) FA  $3  4th  
75(165) VG/F  $9 6th
75(165) VG-  $5 6th
75(167) VF  $29   7th 4/64
75(167) FN+  $17   7th 4/64
75(167) VG+  $8   7th 4/64
75(169) G $3   9th

76. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA   by Anthony Hope     

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
76(O) original  VG-  $25  1st
76(O) original  G++  $16  1st
76(O) original  FA/G  $7  1st
76(O) original  FA/FA-   $4  1st

76(85) FN  $22 2nd
76(85) G/VG $7 2nd
painted cover editions...
76(128)  G/VG  $7  4th
76(165)  FN  $17  4th
76(167)  FN-  $12  7th  4/64
76(167)  VF  $22  8th  9/66

77. THE ILIAD  by Homer      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
77(O) original  G/VG  $24   1st
77(O) original  G+  $19   1st
77(O) original  G  $16   1st

77(87)  G/VG  $15   2nd

painted cover editions...
77(139)  VG/F  $27  4th
77(150)  VG+  $21  5th
77(150)  VG/VG-  $17  5th
77(165)  VG/F  $22  6th
77(165)  VG/VG-  $16  6th
77(165)  G+  $12  6th
77(166)  VG/F  $18  10th  R68
77(166)  VG  $14  10th  R68

78. JOAN OF ARC        

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
78(O) original  VG+   $36  1st
78(O) original  VG-   $29  1st
78(O) original  G+  $18  1st
78(O) original  FA/G   $7   1st

78(87)  VF-    $33   2nd
78(87)  FN    $23   2nd

painted cover editions...
78(128)  VG   $15  4th 
78(167)  FN-   $18  9th  12/63
78(167)  VG   $12  9th  12/63
78(167)  VG/F   $14  10th  6/65
second painted cover edition...
78(166)  VF+  $24   12th 
78(166)  VF  $20   12th 
78(166)  VG/F  $12   12th 

79. CYRANO DE BERGERAC    by Edmond Rostand  

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
79(O) original  VG+  $38   1st

79(85)   VG/VG-    $17  2nd
painted cover editions...
79(133)  VG-  $18   4th
79(156)  VG/VG+  $22   5th


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book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition           view sample covers #80-#89

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

80. WHITE FANG    by Jack London      

classics illustrated logo (LDC)
80(O) original  G+ $15 1st
80(O) original FA- $3 1st

80(125) FN-  $16  3rd
80(125) G/VG  $7  3rd
painted cover editions...
80(167)  G/VG  $6  7th   62/63
80(169)  VG  $9  7 11th  

**#80(O) was the last Line Drawn Cover (LDC) 10c 1st edition,  beginning with #81(O) Gilberton switched to Painted Covers & 15c cover price

81. THE ODYSSEY    by Homer          

81(O) original  VG/F   $39  1st  
81(O) original  VG-   $29  1st  
81(O) original  G/G+   $17  1st  (writing on back cover margin)

81(167)  G/VG  $15  2nd  8/64
81(167)  G+  $12  2nd  8/64
81(167)  FN  $25  3rd  10/66

second painted cover edition...
81(169)  FN/FN+  $29  4th 

82. THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE    by Robert Louis Stevenson       

82(O) original  G+   $11  1st
82(O) original  G   $9  1st
82(O) original  G-   $6  1st

82(167) FN  $16 2nd 8/64
second painted cover edition...
82(166) VF- $28 3rd/PC2
82(166) F/VF $24 3rd/PC2
82(166) FN  $20  3rd/PC2
82(166) VG/F  $16  3rd/PC2
82(166) G/VG  $10  3rd/PC2
82(166) G $7 3rd/PC2

83. THE JUNGLE BOOK    by Rudyard Kipling     

83(O)  original VG+  $28  1st
83(O)  original G $8  1st
83(O)  original  FA-  $3 1st   (trimmed 1/2" vertically)

83(167) G  $5   8th  62/63
83(167) VG+  $12 11th 5/66
second painted cover edition...
none currently available

84. GOLD BUG ETC    by Edgar Allan Poe      

84(O) original  VG+   $36 1st
84(O) original  VG/VG-   $31 1st
84(O) original  VG-   $28 1st
84(O) original  G+   $18 1st

84(167) G/VG   $18  2nd  7/64

85. THE SEA WOLF    by Jack London          

85(O) original VG/VG-  $22 1st
85(O) original G/G+  $15 1st
85(O) original G  $12 1st
85(O) original G- $9 1st
85(O) original  FA  $5  1st

85(169)  VG  $6  8th

86. UNDER TWO FLAGS    by Ouida         

86(O)  original G+ $12 1st
86(O)  original G   $9 1st
86(O)  original G-   $6 1st

86(139) G/VG $5 3rd
86(169) F/VF  $12 7th
86(169)  G/VG   $4  7th

87. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM    by William Shakespeare     

87(O) original  VG/VG-   $23 1st
87(O)  original  G/G-  $9   1st

87(161)  FN/FN- $18  2nd
87(167)  F/VF $19  3rd  4/64
87(167)  FN-  $14  3rd  4/64

88. MEN OF IRON    by Howard Pyle     

88(O)  original  FN/FN-   $38 1st
88(O)  original  VG-   $18 1st
88(O)  original  G/G-  $8 1st

88(167)  FN-   $12  3rd  1/64

89. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT    by Dostoyevsky 

89(O) original  VF   $63 1st
89(O) original  VG/VG-   $23 1st
89(O) original  G/VG   $18 1st
89(O) original  G   $12 1st
89(O) original  G/G-   $9 1st

89(167)  FA/G  $4   3rd  4/64
89(169)  G-  $4 5th  Autumn/ 69

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book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition          view sample covers #90-91

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

90. GREEN MANSIONS    by W H Hudson       

90(O)  original VG+ $23  1st

second painted cover edition...
none currently available

91. THE CALL OF THE WILD    by Jack London     

91(O) original  VG/VG-   $23   1st
91(O) original  G  $14  1st

91(143)  VG  $7 5th
91(143)  G/VG  $4 5th
91(165) VG/VG-   $8  6th
91(165) FA   $3  6th
91(167) VG/VG-  $7  8th  4/65
91(167) FA  $3   9th   3/66
91(169)  FN   $13  11th
91(169)  VG+   $8  11th
91(Record Edition) FN  $55  very scarce, only sold with LP in 1966 ... number is blank on cover
91(Record Edition)  G/G+  $20  very scarce, only sold with LP in 1966 ... number is blank on cover

92. MILES STANDISH    by Longfellow    

92(O) original  VG/VG-   $21   1st
92(O) original  G+ $15 1st
92(O) original  G  $11  1st
92(O) original  G/G-  $8  1st

92(165)  G/G-  $4   2nd   (cover detached at staples)
92(167)  VF-  $22  3rd  3/64
92(167)  FN/FN-  $14  3rd  3/64

93. PUDD'NHEAD WILSON    by Samuel L Clemens       

93(O) original  VG/VG-   $17 1st
93(O) original  G/VG   $13 1st
93(O) original  G+   $9 1st
93(O) original  G   $7 1st
93(O) original  FA  $4 1st

second painted cover editions...
93(165) FN   $12  2nd
93(167)  F/VF  $14  3rd  3/64

94. DAVID BALFOUR    by Robert Louis Stevenson         

94(O)  original VG $19 1st
94(O)  original G/VG $12 1st
94(O)  original  FA/G  $5 1st

94(167)  G  $4  2nd
94(166) F/VF $14 3rd

95. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT     by Erich Maria Remarque         

95(O)  original  VG/VG-  $33 1st   A 
95(O)  original  G+  $19 1st   A

95(O)  original  FN/FN+  $60 1st   B  HRN(99)
95(O)  original  VG  $45 1st   B  HRN(99)

95(167)  VG/VG+  $25  2nd   10/64
95(167)  VG/VG-  $20  2nd   10/64
95(167)  G+  $12  2nd   10/64


96. DANIEL BOONE    by John Bakeless        

96(O)  original   G   $13  1st

96(167)  FN/FN-   $20  7th   1/64
96(167)  VG/F   $15  7th   1/64
96(167)  VG+  $10  9th   11/66
96(167)  G/G-  $4  9th   11/66
second painted cover edition...
96(166) VG/F  $23 10th/P2
96(166) G+  $13 10th/P2

97. KING SOLOMON'S MINES    by H Rider Haggard          

97(O)  original  VG/F   $32  1st
97(O)  original  G+   $17  1st
97(O)  original  G   $14  1st

97(167)  VF   $38  7th  9/65
97(167)  G+   $10  7th  9/65

98. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE    by Stephen Crane        

98(142)  FN-  $23  4th   
98(142)  VG+  $18  4th   
98(152)  VG/F   $20  5th   
98(161)  VG-  $14  6th   
98(167)  VG-  $25  8th  9/64  
98(167)  VG-  $15  9th  10/65  
second painted cover edition...
98(166)  G/VG   $15  10th

99. HAMLET   by William Shakespeare  

99(O)  original  VG/VG+   $25  1st
99(O)  original  VG-   $19  1st
99(O)  original  G   $12  1st

99(166)  G  $7  7th  4/67
second painted cover edition...
99(169)  VG   $11  8th


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book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition      view sample covers #100-#109

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

100. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY    by Nordhoff & Hall      

100(O)  original  FN  $36 1st
100(O)  original VG/VG-  $26 1st
100(O)  original G+  $15 1st
100(O)  original G/G-  $8 1st

100(117)  G+  $8   2nd
100(132)  G+  $7   3rd
100(142)  G   $6    4th
100(155)  VG/VG-  $12   5th
100(167)  VG/F  $14   6th  62/63
100(169)  VF-  $17   9th   Sp70
100(169)  VG  $9   9th   Sp70
100(169)  VG/VG-  $8   9th  Sp70
100(Record Edition) VF+  $85  very scarce, only sold with LP in 1966 ... number is blank on cover
100(Record Edition) G/G+ $21  very scarce, only sold with LP in 1966 ... number is blank on cover

101. WILLIAM TELL    by Frederick Schiller        

101(O)  original VG/VG-  $26 1st
101(O)  original VG-  $23 1st
101(O)  original G+  $15 1st
101(O)  original G/G+  $13 1st
101(O)  original G  $11 1st
101(O)  original  FA/FA-  $4  1st  (all pages accounted for)

101(158)  VG/VG-  $7   4th
101(158)  G/VG  $5   4th
101(167)  G+  $4  5th   62/63
101(166) VG  $5  7th
101(169)  VG/VG-  $5  8th  W/69
101(169)  G+  $4  8th  W/69

102. THE WHITE COMPANY    by Arthur Conan Doyle     

102(O) original  VG+ $25 1st

102(165)  F/VF  $36  2nd
102(165)  FN-  $24  2nd
102(165)  VG  $16  2nd
102(165)  G+  $9  2nd

103. MEN AGAINST THE SEA    by Nordhoff & Hall  

103(O) original   VG--   $24  1st
103(O) original   G+   $16  1st
103(O) original   G/G+   $14  1st
103(O) original   FA   $7  1st  (notes written in borders O/W G+)

103(114)  F/VF  $27   2nd

second painted cover edition...
103(131)  FN-   $18  3rd   
103(158)  F/VF  $25  4th   
103(158) VG/VG-  $12  4th   
103(158) G/VG  $8 4th   
103(149)  VG/F   $29  5th   
103(149)  VG/VG-  $22  5th   
103(149)  FA/G   $10  5th   

104. BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE    by Frank Buck     

104(O)  original  FN-  $32  1st
104(O)  original  G  $13  1st
104(O)  original  FA  $5  1st

104(118) FN $12 2nd
104(118) G  $4 2nd
104(150)  FA   $2  4th
104(158)  VG/F   $12  5th

105. FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON    by Jules Verne       

105(O) original  G/G-  $9 1st

105(167)  VG-   $9  7th  62/63
105(167)  FN-    $18   9th  5/65
105(166)  VG   $10   10A  10/67

106. BUFFALO BILL      

106(O) original  G/VG $16  1st
106(O) original  G+  $11 1st
106(O) original  G  $8 1st

106(132) VG+  $8  3rd
106(142) VG/F  $8  4th
106(142) VG $5 4th
106(142) G- $3 4th
106(167)  FN+  $18  6th  3/64
106(166) VF- $19  7th
106(166) F/VF $14 7th
106(169) VG  $5   8th

107. KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES    by Talbot Mundy      

107(O)  original VG+   $27   1st
107(O)  original VG-   $21   1st
107(O)  original  FA/G   $6   1st

107(118)  VG-  $15   2nd
107(146)  VF/VF-   $42   3rd
107(158)  FN+   $32   4th
107(158)  FN/FN-  $25   4th
107(167)  FN+  $30  4th  10/66
107(167)  FN+  $30  4th  10/66
107(167)  FN+  $30  4th  10/66
107(167)  VG/VG-  $15  4th  10/66
107(167)  G/VG   $10  4th  10/66

108. KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE

108(O)  original  VG-  $29  1st
108(O)  original  G-  $13  1st

108(117)  G/VG  $13  2nd
108(165)  FN+  $29  3rd
108(165)  VG/VG-  $18  3rd
108(165)  G/VG  $13  3rd
108(166)  VG+  $18  5th  4/67  
108(166)  VG  $15  5th  4/67  


109. PITCAIRN'S ISLAND    by Nordhoff & Hall

109(O)  original  VG $23  1st
109(O)  original G/VG $17  1st
109(O)  original G $1 1st

109(165) VG/F  $11  2nd

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book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition         view sample covers #110-#119

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

110. A STUDY IN SCARLET    by Arthur Conan Doyle       

110(O) original  VG/F   $49 1st
110(O) original  VG+   $44 1st
110(O) original  VG/VG+   $40 1st
110(O) original  G  $20 1st
110(O) original  G-  $18 1st
110(O) original  FA   $12  1st

110(165)  VF-  $65  2nd
110(165)  FN+  $48  2nd

111. THE TALISMAN   by Walter Scott           

111(O)  original  VG  $24 1st
111(O)  original G/VG  $17 1st
111(O)  original G+  $13 1st
111(O)  original G  $10 1st
111(O)  original G-  $7 1st

111(166)  VG-  $9   4th 

112. THE ADVENTURES OF KIT CARSON    

112(O)  original  VG/F  $27 1st    
112(O)  original  VG/VG-  $22 1st    
112(O)  original G/VG  $15 1st   (high grade copy w/ short factory fold.... .FC is 1/2" narrower than BC o/w F/VF)
112(O) original  G+ $11 1st
112(O) original  G  $8 1st

112(129) FN-  $13 2nd
112(129) G/VG  $4 2nd
112(141) F/VF $17 3rd
112(141) VG $6 3rd
112(141)  G/VG  $4 3rd
112(152)  VG-  $5  4th
112(161) FN+ $12 5th
112(167) VG  $7  6th  62/63  
112(167) G+  $4 6th  62/63  
112(167) VG+  $6 7th   2/65
112(167) G/VG $4 7th   2/65
112(167) G/VG $4 8th  5/66
112(167) G  $3 8th  5/66
second painted cover edition...
112(166)  VF   $28  9th
112(166) VG+   $12   9th

113. THE FORTY FIVE GUARDSMEN   by Alexandre Dumas     

113(O)  original  VG/F   $35  1st   (high grade copy with subscription crease on BACK cover )
113(O)  original  VG/VG-   $23  1st

113(166) VF  $35  2nd
113(166)  FN-   $19  2nd
113(166)  VG+   $15  2nd

114. THE RED ROVER   by James Fennimore Cooper      

114(O) original  FN-   $42  1st
114(O) original  VG/VG-   $23  1st
114(O) original  G/G+   $16  1st

115. HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE   by Henry M Stanley     

115(O) original  F/VF   $65  1st
115(O) original  FN/FN-   $45  1st

115(167)  VF-  $42  2nd  1/67 

116. THE BOTTLE IMP   by Robert Louis Stevenson     

116(O) original  VG/F   $39  1st
116(O) original  VG/VG-   $26  1st
116(O) original  G   $16  1st

116(167)  FN/FN-  $27  2nd  1/67 

117. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS   by Rudyard Kipling       

117(O) original  VG-  $23 1st

117(167)  FN+  $27  2nd  2/67 

118. ROB ROY   by Walter Scott       

118(O) original  VG/F   $35 1st
118(O) original  VG-   $24 1st
118(O) original  G   $16 1st

118(167)  FN-  $29  2nd  2/67

119. SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE   by Richard Harding Davis   

119(O) original  VG-  $22 1st
119(O) original  G/G-  $11 1st

119(166)  VG/VG-  $15  2nd


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book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition     view sample covers  #120-#129

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

120. THE HURRICANE   by Nordhoff  & Hall     

120(O) original  VG/VG-   $23  1st
120(O) original  G/VG   $18  1st

120(166)  VF  $55  2nd

121. WILD BILL HICKOK  

121(O) original  G+ $10 1st
121(O) original  G-  $6 1st  (coupon cut out)

121(132) FN  $16 2nd
121(132) VG $5 2nd
121(154) VG/F  $7  4th
121(154) VG/VG-  $5  4th
121(167) VG+ $6  5th 62/63
121(167) VG/VG- $5  5th 62/63
121(167) VG $6  6th 8/64

122. THE MUTINEERS   by Charles Boardman Hawes      

122(O) original  G+ $11 1st
122(O) original  G- $8 1st

122(136)  VG-  $9  2nd
122(136)  G/G-  $4  2nd
122(146) F/VF  $19   3rd
122(158) F/VF $18  4th
122(158)  VG/VG+  $5  4th
122(167) VG $5  6th 3/65
122(166)  FN  $9  7th
122(166)  VG-  $5  7th

123. FANG AND CLAW   by Frank Buck      

123(O) original  VG+  $22 1st
123(O) original  G+ $9 1st
123(O) original  FA/G $5 1st

123(167)  VG-   $8   5th   62/63
123(167)  G/VG   $6   6th  9/65

124. THE WAR OF THE WORLDS   by H G Wells       

124(O) original  VG-   $37  1st


124(131)  G  $14   2nd
124(148)  G  $12  4th
124(156)  G-  $9    5th   (VF copy with INKED edges... store return)
124(165)  VG/F  $37  6th
124(167)  G+    $13  7th   62/63
124(167)  VG    $25  8th   11/64
124(167)   G/G+  $12  9th   11/65 
124(169)  VG   $19   11th  Su/69

125. THE OX-BOW INCIDENT   by Walter Van Tilburg Clark      

125(O) original  FN/FN-   $38  1st
125(O) original  G   $13  1st

125(166) G  $5   7th
125(169)  FN   $8   8th

126. THE DOWNFALL   by Emile Zola       

126(O) original    VG-  $21   1st
126(O) original    G  $11  1st

126(167)  VG/F  $15  2nd   8/64  

127. KING OF THE MOUNTAINS   by Edmond About     

127(O)  original VG+   $28  1st
127(O)  original VG/VG-  $21  1st
127(O)  original G/VG  $15  1st
127(O)  original G  $11 1st
127(O)  original  FA  $6 1st

127(166)  G  $6  3rd

128. MACBETH   by William Shakespeare     

128(O)  original  VG/F  $32  1st

128(166)  G/VG   $12  6th   4/67
128(169)  VG-   $12  8th   SP/70
128(166)  (Twin Circle Edition)  VG/VG+  $23    Twin Circle Edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
128(166)  (Twin Circle Edition)  G/VG  $15    Twin Circle Edition  (full page back cover TC ad)
128(166)  (Twin Circle Edition)  P/FA  $3   Twin Circle Edition  (full page back cover TC ad)... has taped spine

129. DAVY CROCKETT    

129(O) original  VG/VG-   $45  1st
129(O) original  VG-   $42  1st
129(O) original  G/VG   $38  1st
129(O) original  G+   $31  1st
129(O) original  G/G-   $23  1st



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book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition    view sample covers #130-#139

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

130. CAESAR'S CONQUESTS   by Julius Caesar     

130(O)  original  FN/FN-  $37  1st
130(O)  original G/VG  $17  1st
130(O)  original G+  $13  1st

130(142)  VG-  $16   2nd
130(142)  G+  $13   2nd
130(152)  VG/ VG-  $18    3rd
130(152)  G/VG   $13    3rd
130(149)  VG-  $14  4th
130(149)   G/VG    $11  4th
130(167)  G/VG-  $11    5th  62/63

131. THE COVERED WAGON   by Emerson Hough        

131(O)  original VF/VF-  $47 1st
131(O)  original VG $17 1st
131(O)  original G/VG $13 1st
131(O)  original G  $9  1st

131(143) VG/F $8 2nd
131(143) VG $6 2nd
131(143)  G  $4  2nd
131(158) VG/F $8 4th
131(158) VG $5 4th
131(167)  VG  $6  5th  62/63
131(167) VG-  $6  7th 4/66

132. THE DARK FRIGATE   by Charles Boardman Hawes    

132(O)  original VG/F   $30 1st
132(O)  original VG- $21 1st
132(O)  original  G/VG   $16 1st

132(150)  FN-   $18  2nd

133. TIME MACHINE   by H G Wells        

133(O)  original FN-  $41  1st

133(167)  FN/FN-  $26  7th    3/66
133(Record Edition) VF+  $115  very scarce, only sold with LP in 1966 ... number is blank on cover
133(Record Edition)  G  $22  very scarce, only sold with LP in 1966 ... number is blank on cover

 

134. ROMEO AND JULIET   by William Shakespeare          

134(O)  original   VG-  $28  1st edition
134(O)  original   G  $16  1st edition

134(167)  VG-   $12   3rd   9/63
134(167)  FN+   $22   4th   5/65
134(169)  VF/NM   $11     (very hard to find 1996 First Classics identical reprint of 1963 CI.. a test run that didn't fly)  fc   bc
second painted cover edition...
134(166)  F/VF  $35  6th  
134(166)  FN+  $28  6th  
134(166)  G/VG  $12  6th  
134(166)  G  $9  6th  


135. WATERLOO   by Chatrian Erckmann      

135(O)  original VG/F  $30 1st
135(O)  original VG/VG+  $26 1st
135(O)  original VG/VG-  $22 1st
135(O)  original G+  $12 1st

135(167)  FN/FN+  $27   3rd  62/63
135(167)  VG+  $17   3rd  62/63
135(167)  FN-  $20  4th   9/64
135(167)  VG/VG-  $14  4th   9/64
135(166)  VG/F  $15  5th   R/68

136. LORD JIM   by Joseph Conrad       

136(O)  original  FN-   $39  1st
136(O)  original  G/VG   $16  1st
136(O)  original  G+   $11  1st

136(165)  VG/F  $14  2nd

137. THE LITTLE SAVAGE   by Frederick Marryat        

137(O) original  VG/F  $28  1st
137(O) original  VG+  $22  1st
137(O) original  VG- $17  1st
137(O)  original G/VG $13 1st
137(O)  original G+  $9 1st

137(148)  G/VG  $5  2nd
137(156)  FN  $11  3rd
137(167) FN-  $14 4th 62/63
137(167) VG+ $7 4th 62/63
137(167)  G/VG  $4 4th 62/63
137(167) VG+  $10  5th  10/64
137(167)  G+  $5  5th  10/64
137(166)  VG+  $8   6th
137(166)  G/VG  $5   6th
137(169) F/VF  $14 7th

 

138. A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH   by Jules Verne       

138(O) original  G/VG   $22  1st

138(146)  VG/VG-  $16  2nd
138(156)  VG/F   $23  3rd
138(167)  VG++  $20  7th  4/66


139. IN THE REIGN OF TERROR   by G A Henty        

139(O)  original  FN-  $35 1st
139(O)  original VG/F  $30 1st
139(O) original  G/VG   $19  1st

139(167)  VG/F  $14  4th  7/64


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book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition       view sample covers #140-#149

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

140. ON JUNGLE TRAILS   by Frank Buck       

140(O) original  FN-   $38  1st
140(O) original  G/VG   $19  1st
140(O) original  G+   $15  1st

141. CASTLE DANGEROUS   by Sir Walter Scott        

141(O) original  VG/VG-   $23  1st
141(O) original  G+   $18  1st
141(O) original  G/G-   $13  1st

141(152)  VG+   $18    2nd 
141(152)  G/G-   $6    2nd 
141(167)  VG/F   $18    3rd  62/63 

142. ABRAHAM LINCOLN           

142(O) original  VG-   $22  1st
142(O) original  G/G+-   $16  1st

142(158)  VG  $16   3rd
142(158)  VG/VG-   $13   3rd
142(167)  VG  $13  5th  7/65
142(167)  G  $7  5th  7/65
142(167)  FA/G  $4  5th  7/65
142(169)  G/G-   $5   7th  Au69

143. KIM   by Rudyard Kipling          

143(O) original  F/VF   $44  1st
143(O) original  VG/VG-   $24  1st
143(O) original  G+   $13  1st

143(165)  FN-  $15  2nd
143(167)  VG/VG+    $10   3rd   11/63
143(167)  VG  $8   4th    8/65
143(169)  FN/FN+   $12  5th
143(169)  FN-   $9  5th

144. FIRST MEN IN THE MOON   by H G Wells     

144(O) original  FN   $48  1st
144(O)  original  G+  $17  1st

144(167)  G-   $4   4th  62/63
second painted cover edition...
144(166)  FN+   $25   6th
144(166)  FN-   $20   6th
144(166)  VG   $14   6th
144(169)  FN-   $18   7th
144(169)  VG+   $14   7th
144(169)  VG/VG-   $11   7th

145. THE CRISIS   by Winston Churchill         

145(O) original   F/VF   $55   1st
145(O) original   VG   $27   1st
145(O) original   G+   $15   1st
145(O) original   G/G-   $10   1st

146. WITH FIRE AND SWORD   by Henry K Sienkiewicz           

146(O) original   VF-   $62   1st
146(O) original   F/VF   $52   1st
146(O) original   VG+   $32   1st
146(O) original   VG   $28   1st
146(O) original   G/VG   $22   1st

146(156) VG+  $16   2nd

147. BEN HUR   by Lew Wallace          

147(O) original  VG/VG+  $31 1st
147(O) original  VG  $28 1st
147(O) original  G+  $15 1st

147(153) VG/VG-  $12  3rd
147(153) G   $8  3rd    (2" tear on right front cover)
147(167)  VG/F  $15  6th  2/65
147(167)  G/VG  $8  7th   9/66
second painted cover edition...
147(166)  VG-   $14   8thA
147(166)  G/G+   $10   8thA

148. THE BUCCANEER        

148(O) original  FN+  $41  1st
148(O) original  G+  $19  1st
148(O) original  G/G+  $17  1st

148(568)  VG   $12   4th
148(568)  VG-   $10   4th

149. OFF ON A COMET   by Jules Verne        

149(O) original  FN+  $48  1st
149(O) original  VG-  $25  1st
149(O) original  G+  $15  1st

149(155) VG   $15   2nd
149(167)  VG+  $19   6th
149(167)  G  $9   6th

second painted cover edition...
149(166)  VF/VF-  $30   7th


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book grades P = poor FA = fair G = good VG = very good FN = fine VF = very fine NM = near mint

book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition         view sample covers  #150-#159

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

150. THE VIRGINIAN   by Owen Wister      

150(O) original FN   $44  1st
150(O) original FN-   $39  1st
150(O) original VG/VG-   $25  1st
150(O) original G/VG   $20  1st

150(167)  FN-   $39   3rd   10/63    scarce edition

151. WON BY THE SWORD   by G. A.  Henty       

151(O) original   VF  $65 1st
151(O) original   VG/VG-  $25 1st
151(O) original   G+  $14 1st

152. WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN   by Ernest Thompson Seton      

152(O) original VG- $17 1st
152(O)  original G+  $12   1st
152(O)  original G-  $8   1st

152(167) VG+  $10   3rd   9/63
152(167) VG/VG+  $8   4th  8/65
152(169)  VG  $6  5th

153. THE INVISIBLE MAN   by H. G.  Wells       

153(O) original   VG-  $23  1st

153(149)  VG-  $15  2A
153(149)  VG+  $19  2B
153(167)   VG-  $15   3rd   62/63
153(167)  G  $8   3rd   62/63
153(167)  VG/F  $19  5th  9/66
153(167)  VG+   $16  5th  9/66
153(167)  G/VG   $11  5th  9/66
153(166)  VG+  $15  6th  W69
153(166)  VG  $13   6th  W69
153(169)  FN  $18   7th  Sp/71
153(169)  G++  $10  7th  Sp/71
153(169)  FA+  $4  7th  Sp/71

154. THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC   by Francis Parkman        

154(O) original  VF/VF-  $58  1st
154(O) original   FA  $8  1st  (two holes punched through book near spine... O/W VG+)

154(166)  VF/VF-   $38   4th

155. THE LION OF THE NORTH   by G. A.  Henty        

155(O) original  FN+  $45   1st
155(O) original  FN-  $40   1st
155(O) original  VG+  $30   1st
155(O) original  G/VG  $18   1st

155(167)  VG+  $16  2nd
155(167)  G-  $6  2nd  (1/2" trimmed from top of book o/w  FN-)

156. CONQUEST OF MEXICO   by Bernal Diaz Del Castillo       

156(O) original  VG+   $32  1st
156(O) original  G   $15  1st

156(166)  VF-   $33  3rd   8/67

 

157. THE LIVES OF THE HUNTED   by Ernest Thompson Seton      

157(O) original  FN/FN-   $44  1st
157(O) original  VG   $33  1st
157(O) original  G/VG   $27  1st

158. CONSPIRATORS   by Alexandre Dumas         

158(O) original  VF  $65  1st
158(O) original  FN+  $41  1st
158(O) original  FN  $37  1st
158(O) original  VG/F  $32  1st
158(O) original  VG  $26  1st
158(O) original  VG/VG-  $23  1st
158(O) original  FA/G  $8  1st

159. THE OCTOPUS   by  Frank Norris         

159(O) original  FN   $35  1st
159(O) original  VG/F   $29  1st
159(O) original  VG+   $25  1st
159(O) original  G   $13  1st

159(167)  VG/VG-  $16  2nd


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book# (HRN) / grade / price / edition            view sample covers #160-#169

HRN= Highest Reorder Number  taken from reorder list usually found on the back page

HRN's publication dates        (10) - (66)  1940's       ||      (67) - (153)  1950's       ||         (154) - (169)   1960's

160. THE FOOD OF THE GODS   by H. G.  Wells        

160(O) original  VF   $65  1st

 

161. CLEOPATRA   by H. Rider Haggard        

161(O) original  F/VF-    $55  1st
161(O) original  VG/VG-    $27  1st
161(O) original  VG-    $24  1st
161(O) original  G/G+    $17  1st

161(167)  VG/F  $22  2nd   1/64

162. ROBUR THE CONQUEROR   by Jules Verne      
  
162(O) original  VF-   $58  1st
162(O) original  VG-   $24  1st
162(O) original  G/VG   $21  1st
162(O) original  FA   $8  1st

162(167)  VG/VG-  $18   2nd  7/64
162(167)  G/G+  $13   2nd  7/64
162(167)  FA-  $5   2nd  7/64
162(166)  VG/VG-  $16  3rd  

163. THE MASTER OF THE WORLD   by Jules Verne          

163(O) original  F/VF   $65  1st   DOUBLE COVER
163(O) original  FN-   $41  1st
163(O) original  VG/F   $36  1st
163(O) original  VG+   $30  1st
163(O) original  G   $15  1st

163(167)  F/VF  $32   2nd  
163(167)  G  $13   2nd  
163(166)  VF-  $36  3rd  R68
163(166)  VG/VG-  $16  3rd  R68

164. THE COSSACK CHIEF   by Nikolai Gogol     (Tarus Bulba)

164(O) original  FN/FN-   $43  1st
164(O) original  VG/F   $37  1st
164(O) original  VG/VG+   $32  1st
164(O) original  VG-   $26  1st

164(167)   F/VF   $35   2nd
164(167)   G+   $14   2nd
164(166)   VF+   $48   3rd
164(166)   F/VF   $30   3rd
164(166)   FN+   $25   3rd
164(166)   FN/FN-  $20   3rd
164(166)   VG/F  $16   3rd
164(166)   VG+  $13   3rd
164(166)   VG-  $9   3rd

165. THE QUEEN'S NECKLACE   by Alexandre Dumas            

165(O) original  FN/FN-   $43  1st   
165(O) original  G-   $14  1st   coupon cut from back cover

165(166) VF   $44  3rd
165(166) VF-   $39  3rd
165(166)  F/VF   $34  3rd
165(166) FN+   $29 3rd
165(166) FN   $24 3rd
165(166) FN-   $21 3rd

166. TIGERS AND TRAITORS   by Jules Verne     
   

166(167)  FN   $29   2nd   2/64
166(167)  VG/VG-   $19   2nd   2/64
166(167) G-   $12   2nd   2/64
166(167)  VG+   $23   3rd  11/66
166(167)  VG-   $18   3rd  11/66

 

167. FAUST   by Goethe   

167(O) original  VG/F   $57  1st
167(O) original  VG   $45  1st
167(O) original  VG/VG-   $41  1st
167(O) original  G/VG   $35  1st

167(167)  FN-  $46  2nd
167(167)  VG/F  $40  2nd
167(167)  VG  $34  2nd
167(167)  VG-  $29  2nd

168. IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE   by G.A. Henty          

168(O) original  FN   $68  1st
168(O) original  FN-   $63  1st
168(O) original  VG-   $44  1st

169. NEGRO AMERICANS        

169(O) original  F/VF   $85  1st
169(O) original  VG/VG+   $41  1st
169(O) original   G+   $25  1st

169(169)  FN/FN-  $35  2nd
169(169)  FN-  $32  2nd

 

end of list

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a VF from Classics Central is not like a VF from eBay... it's a gorgeous treasure... Canadian editions of this quality are next to impossible to find

 

#18(67)  VF  $125

#24(62)  VF  $125

#27(67)  VF  $125

#39(75)  VF/VF-  $125

#40(75)  VF-  $225

#41(75)  VF/VF-  $125

#71(75)  VF/VF-  $125

#74(75)  VF  $265

 

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The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated  Volume One

by Dan Malan

new (2006) 1st slick glossy cover edition (reprint of 1991 edition)

 

The undisputed "bible" of the world's greatest hobby

everything you ever wanted to know about "Classics Illustrated"

 

A beautiful reprint edition of this long out of print masterwork. The book contains 107 "information packed" pages, 8.5"x11", softcover, perfect bound, full color with a gorgeous glossy cover.  A definite technological and aesthetic step forward from Dan's editions of  fifteen years ago. All advertising has been removed from earlier printings.

 

 

 

 

 

All valuations in this book date back to 1991 when it was first published... therefore obsolete. But there is so very much more to this book than current values.  This is the undisputed "bible" of the world's greatest hobby.

This book will make a fantastic gift for a collector..... relative or friend, even if they may already own a copy they'd surely appreciate the look and feel of this new slick glossy cover edition. I know, I do.

$47.50 ( SPECIAL SALE PRICE $39.50 ) + postage 

sent in a secure flat rate Priority Mail envelope with heavy taped edges

two books (V1 & V2) can fit in a single package for the same cost

 

US postage is  $5.50   + book = $45

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The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated  Volume Two

by Dan Malan

 

new (2006) 1st slick glossy cover edition (reprint of 1993 edition)

 

A beautiful reprint edition of this long out of print masterwork (Volume Two). The book contains 113 "information packed" pages, 8.5"x11", softcover, perfect bound, full color with a gorgeous glossy cover.  A definite technological and aesthetic step forward from Dan's editions of  1993-94. All advertising has been removed from earlier printings.

 

 

This volume covers all foreign (non-US) Classics Illustrated in incredible detail . They were published in 30 countries around the world, in almost as many languages. This volume sorts all that out and is an absolutely amazing " must have" resource for those interested in foreign CI's.

 

$47.50 ( SPECIAL SALE PRICE $39.50 ) + postage 

sent in a secure flat rate Priority Mail envelope with heavy taped edges

two books (V1 & V2) can fit in a single package for the same cost

 

US postage is  $5.50   + book = $45

Canada postage is  $6  +  book = $45.50

Foreign  postage is  $12  +  book = $51.50

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The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated by Dan Malan   VOLUMES  1 & 2

 

This is a PRINTING version (print out any page)

Volume 1:  "Covers All U.S. Series Classics Illustrated information" ....  on CD-R  (recordable compact disc)

Volume 2:  "Covers All Foreign Classics Illustrated information" ....  on CD-R  (recordable compact disc)

both Volumes now available  on 1 CD-R.....    

 

**please note that all valuation charts contained are obsolete being well over 17 years old

 

view "table of contents"     Volume 1  

view " table of contents"   Volume 2  

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