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1-34 |
35-81 |
81-169 |
by Number |
51-100 | 101-168 | Canadian Series | |
By Date |
1941-47 |
1967-71 |
by date |
1956-63 |
10/02/2011
Classics Illustrated 15 cent issues 1951-57 |
Issue | HRN | Title | Date | Pages | Price | Cover | Art | Script | Comments | |
William Kanter no longer listed as editor in each issue. Jerry Iger and Ruth Roche continue to direct material until 1953 HRN 78's are first reprints with cover prices. Only American editions with gothic price lettering. |
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1 | 78 | Three Musketeers |
Dec-50
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68 | $.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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2 | 78 | Ivanhoe | Dec-50 | 68 | $.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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4 | 78 | Last of the Mohicans | Dec 50 | 68 | $.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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6 | 78 | A Tale of Two Cities | Dec -50 | 68 | $.15 |
15 cent cover
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7 | 78 | Robin Hood | Dec -50 | 68 | .15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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8 | 78 | Arabian Nights | Dec 50 | 68 | .15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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10 | 78 | Robinson Crusoe | Dec 50 | 68 | .15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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16 | 78 | Gulliver's Travels | Dec 50 | 52 | 15 cent cover | ||||
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18 | 78 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Dec 50 | 52 | 15 cent cover | ||||
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19 | 78 | Huckleberry Finn | Dec 50 | 52 | 15 cent cover | ||||
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20 | 78 | The Corsican Brothers | Dec-50 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Allen Simon | Allen Simon | Steven Burrows |
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41 | 78 | Twenty Years After | Dec 50 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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44 | 78 | Mysteries of Paris | Dec-50 | 52 | $ 0.15 | H. Kiefer | H. Kiefer | Albert Avitabile | 15 cent cover |
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46 | 78 | Kidnapped | Dec 50 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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47 | 78 | 20000 Leagues Under the Sea | Dec 50 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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50 | 78 | Tom Sawyer | Dec 50 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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58 | 78 | The Prarie | Dec 50 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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63 | 78 | Man Without A Country | Dec 50 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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81 | The Odyssey | Mar-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Harley Griffiths | ? | 1st painted cover-$.15 original | |
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82 | The Master of Ballantrae | Apr-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Lawrence Dressler | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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26 | 82 | Frankenstein | Apr-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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64 | 82 | Treasure Island | Apr-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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83 | The Jungle Book | May-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum / William Bossert | ? | painted cover | |
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84 | The Gold Bug and Other Stories | Jun-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum/ Jim Lavery/ Rudy Palais | John O'Rourke | painted cover | |
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85 | The Sea Wolf | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum | John O'Rourke | painted cover | |
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17 | 85 | The Deerslayer | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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21 |
85
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3 Famous Mysteries | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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22 | 85 | The Pathfinder | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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23 | 85 | Oliver Twist | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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25 | 85 | Two Years Before the Mast | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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32 |
85
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Lorna Doone | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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49 |
85
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Alice In Wonderland | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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59 |
85
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Wuthering Heights | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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60 |
85
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Black Beauty | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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67 |
85
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The Scottish Chiefs | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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68 |
85
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Julius Caesar | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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75 |
85
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The Lady of the Lake | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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76 |
85
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The Prisoner of Zenda | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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79 |
85
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Cyrano De Bergerac | Jul-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 15 cent cover | |||
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86 | Under Two Flags | Aug-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Maurice del Buorgo | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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87 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Sep-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum | Sam Willinksy | painted cover | |
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3 | 87 | Count of Monte Cristo | Sep-51 | 68 | $.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||
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5 | 87 | Moby Dick | Sep 51 | 68 | $.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||
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13 | 87 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 52 | $.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | ||||
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24 | 87 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | 52 | $.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | ||||
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27 | 87 | Marco Polo | 52 | $.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | ||||
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31 | 87 | The Black Arrow | 52 | $.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | ||||
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48 | 87 | David Copperfield | 52 | $.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | ||||
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69 | 87 | Around the World In 80 Days | 52 | $.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | ||||
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77 | 87 | The Iliad | 52 | $.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | ||||
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78 | 87 | Joan of Arc | 52 | $.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | ||||
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80 | 87 | White Fang | 52 | $.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | ||||
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88 | Men of Iron | Oct-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | L Dresser/ H Dougherty/ G Schrotter | John O'Rourke | painted cover | |
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89 | Crime and Punishment | Nov-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Rudy Palais | John O'Rourke | painted cover | |
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12 | 89 | Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman | 68 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||||
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15 | 89 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | 52 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||||
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33 | 89 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 52 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||||
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51 | 89 | The Spy | 52 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||||
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52 | 89 | The House of the Seven Gables | 52 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||||
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62 | 89 | Bret Harte's Western Stories | 52 | $.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | ||||
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72 | 89 | The Oregon Trail | 52 | $.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | ||||
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90 | Green Mansions | Dec-51 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum | George Lipscomb | painted cover | |
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Jan-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Maurice del Buorgo | Ken Fitch | painted cover | ||
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92 | The Courtship of Miles Standish and Evangeline | Feb-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum | ? | painted cover | |
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37 | 92 | The Pioneers | Feb-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Rudy Palais | Rudy Palais | Samuel Willinsky | 1st 15 cent issue |
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39 | 92 | Jane Eyre | Feb-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||
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40 | 92 |
Mysteries (The Pit and the Pendulum, The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall, The Fall of the House of Usher) |
Feb-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | H. Kiefer | August Froelich/ H. Kiefer/ Harley Griffiths | Samuel Willinsky | 1st 15 cent issue |
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70 | 92 | The Pilot | Feb-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||
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93 | Pudd'nhead Wilson | Mar-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | H. Kiefer | H. Kiefer | ? | painted cover | |
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29 | 93 | The Prince and the Pauper | 52 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||||
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42 | 93 | Swiss Family Robinson | 52 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||||
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54 | 93 | The Man in the Iron Mask | 52 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||||
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94 | David Balfour | Apr-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Rudy Palais | ? | painted cover | |
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57 | 94 | The Song of Hiawatha | Apr-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||
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95 | All Quiet on the Western Front | May-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Maurice del Buorgo | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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96 | Daniel Boone | Jun-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Alex Blum | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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97 | King Solomon's Mines | Jul-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | H. Kiefer | H. Kiefer | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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55 | 97 | Silas Marner | Jul-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | 1st 15 cent issue | |||
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98 | The Red Badge of Courage | Aug-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Gustav Schrotter/ Maurice del Buorgo | ? | painted cover | |
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99 | Hamlet | Sep-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum | Sam Willinksy | painted cover | |
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100 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Oct-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | H. Kiefer | Morris Waldinger | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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101 | William Tell | Nov-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | H. Kiefer | Maurice del Buorgo | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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102 | The White Company | Dec-52 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Alex Blum | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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103 | Men Against the Sea | Jan-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | H. Kiefer | Rudy Palais | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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104 | Bring 'Em Back Alive | Feb-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | H. Kiefer | H. Kiefer | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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105 | From the Earth to the Moon | Mar-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum | ? | painted cover | |
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106 | Buffalo Bill | Apr-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Maurice del Buorgo | ? | painted cover | |
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107 | King — of the Khyber Rifles | May-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Seymour Moskowitz | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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108 | Knights Of The Round Table | Jun-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Alex Blum | John Cooney | painted cover | |
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109 | Pitcairn's Island | Jul-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Rudy Palais | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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11 | 110 | Don Quixote | Aug-53 | 68 | $ 0.15 | Mort Kuntsler | Louis Zansky | Sam Abramson |
first new painted cover |
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110 | A Study in Scarlet | Aug-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Seymour Moskowitz | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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111 | The Talisman | Sep-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | H. Kiefer | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
Alex Blum art director October 1953- 1957 Roberta Strauss asst. editor 1953-57. | ||||||||||
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112 | The Adventures of Kit Carson | Oct-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Rudy Palais | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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13 | 112 | Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde | Oct-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Lou Cameron | ? |
new painted cover 1st issue with redrawn art- due to complaints of violence and horrific nature |
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113 | The Forty Five Guardsmen | Nov-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Maurice del Buorgo | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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21 | 114 | Three Famous Mysteries (The Sign of the Four, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Flayed Hand) | Dec-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Louis Zansky/ Allen Simon/ Hicks | ? | painted cover |
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114 | The Red Rover | Dec-53 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Jo Polseno | Pete Costanza | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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28 | 115 | Michael Strogoff | Jan-54 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Arnold Hicks | Pat Adam | painted cover |
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115 | How I Found Livingstone | Jan-54 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Sal Trapani/ Sal Finocchiaro | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |
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116 | The Bottle Imp (also The Beach of Falesá) | Feb-54 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Lou Cameron | Richard E. Davis/ Harry Miller | painted cover | |
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15 | 117 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Mar-54 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Rolland Livingstone | Evelyn Goodman | painted cover |
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117 | Captains Courageous | Mar-54 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Pete Costanza | Ira Zweifach | painted cover | |
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118 | Rob Roy | Apr-54 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Rudy Palais/ Walter Palais | Harry Miller | painted cover | |
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119 | Soldiers Of Fortune | May-54 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Kurt Schaffenberger | Harry Miller | painted cover | |
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120 | Hurricane | Jun-54 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Lou Cameron | Lou Cameron | Harry Miller | painted cover | |
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48 | 121 | David Copperfield | Jul-54 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | H. Kiefer | George Lipscomb | painted cover |
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55 | 121 | Silas Marner | Jul-54 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Arnold Hicks | Harry Miller | painted cover |
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121 | Wild Bill Hickok | Jul-54 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Sal Trapani/ Medio Iorio | Ira Zweifach | painted cover | |
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122 | The Mutineers | Sep-54 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Pete Costanza | Harry Miller | painted cover | |
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123 | Fang and Claw | Nov-54 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Lin Streeter | ? | painted cover | |
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124 | The War of the Worlds | Jan-55 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Lou Cameron | Lou Cameron | Harry Miller | painted cover | |
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125 | The Ox-Bow Incident | Mar-55 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Norman Nodel | Norman Nodel | Lorenz Graham | painted cover | |
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126 | The Downfall | May-55 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Lou Cameron | Lou Cameron | ? | painted cover | |
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127 | The King of the Mountains | Jul-55 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Norman Nodel | ? | painted cover | |
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29 | 128 | The Prince and the Pauper | Sep-55 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Arnold Hicks | Scott Feldman/ Jack Bass | painted cover |
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47 | 128 | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | Sep-55 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | H. Kiefer | ? | painted cover |
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128 | Macbeth | Sep-55 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Alex Blum | Lorenz Graham | painted cover | |
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7 | 129 | Robin Hood | Nov-55 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Louis Zansky | Evelyn Goodman | painted cover |
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129 | Davy Crockett | Nov-55 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Lou Cameron | ? | painted cover | |
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10 | 130 | Robinson Crusoe | Jan-56 | 68 | $ 0.15 | ? | Stanley Maxwell | Evelyn Goodman | painted cover |
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130 | Caesar's Conquests | Jan-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Joe Orlando, et al | Annette Rubenstein | painted cover | |
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5 | 131 | Moby Dick | Mar-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Norman Nodel | ? | new art- painted cover |
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19 | 131 | Huckleberry Finn | Mar-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Frank Giacoia | ? | new art-painted cover |
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31 | 131 | The Black Arrow | Mar-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Arnold Hicks | Ruth Roche/ T. Scott | painted cover |
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42 | 131 | The Swiss Family Robinson | Mar-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | H. Kiefer | Elspeth Campbell | painted cover |
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46 | 131 | Kidnapped | Mar-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Robert Webb | John O'Rourke | painted cover |
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64 | 131 | Treasure Island | Mar-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum | ? | painted cover |
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65 | 131 | Benjamin Franklin | Mar-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Alex Blum/ Robert Hebberd/ Gustav Schrotter | ? | painted cover |
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103 | 131 | Men Against the Sea | Mar-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Rudy Palais | Ken Fitch | new cover |
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131 | The Covered Wagon | Mar-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Norman Nodel | Annette Rubenstein | painted cover | |
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6 | 132 | Tale of Two Cities | May-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Joe Orlando | ? | new art- painted cover |
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12 | 132 | Rip Van Winkle & Headless Horseman | May-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Rolland Livingstone | Dan Levin | painted cover |
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132 | The Dark Frigate | May-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Robert Webb/ Ed Waldman | Annette Rubenstein | painted cover | |
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133 | The Time Machine | Jul-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Lou Cameron | Lorenz Graham | painted cover | |
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1 | 134 | The Three Musketeers | Sep-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Malcolm Kildale | Malcolm Kildale | painted cover |
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57 | 134 | The Song of Hiawatha | Sep-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Alex Blum | ? | painted cover |
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134 | Romeo and Juliet | Sep-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | George Evans | ? | painted cover | |
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3 | 135 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Nov-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Lou Cameron | Lou Cameron | ? | new art-painted cover |
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4 | 135 | The Last of the Mohicans | Nov-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Ray Ramsey | Al Kantner | painted cover |
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135 | Waterloo | Nov-56 | 52 | $ 0.15 | Alex Blum | Graham Ingels | ? | painted cover | |
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2 | 136 | Ivanhoe | Jan-57 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Norman Nodel | ? | new art-painted cover |
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7 | 136 | Robin Hood | Jan-57 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Jack Sparling | ? | new art |
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23 | 136 | Oliver Twist | Jan-57 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Arnold Hicks | Georgina Campbell | painted cover |
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67 | 136 | The Scottish Chiefs | Jan-57 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Alex Blum | John O'Rourke | painted cover |
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69 | 136 | Around the World in 80 Days | Jan-57 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | H. Kiefer | ? | painted cover |
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136 | Lord Jim | Jan-57 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | George Evans | ? | painted cover | |
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62 | 137 |
Western Stories (The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts of Poker Flat) |
Mar-57 | 52 | $ 0.15 | H. Kiefer | H. Kiefer | ? | painted cover |
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137 | The Little Savage | Mar-57 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | George Evans | ? | painted cover | |
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32 | 138 | Lorna Doone | May-57 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Matt Baker | Ruth Roche | painted cover |
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138 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | May-57 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Norman Nodel | ? | painted cover | |
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51 | 139 | The Spy | Jul-57 | 52 | $ 0.15 | ? | Arnold Hicks | ? | painted cover |
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75 | 139 | The Lady of the Lake |
Jul 57
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52 | $ 0.15 | ? | H. Kiefer | George Lipscomb |
new cover 154,165 4/64,5/66 |