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Classics Illustrated (1941)
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Publisher: Gilberton Publications
Publication Date: October 1941 - Spring 1969
Country: United States
Language: English
Notes:
Classics Illustrated were comic book adaptations from classic literature, a series that Russian-born Albert Lewis Kanter (1897-1973) began in 1941 for Elliot Publishing. Introduced under the heading Classic Comics, the series started October, 1941, with a 64-page adaptation of Alexandre Dumas‘ The Three Musketeers, followed by Ivanhoe and The Count of Monte Cristo. With the fourth issue, The Last of the Mohicans, Kanter began his own Gilberton Publications. The first 12 issues had 64 pages, but wartime paper shortages forced Kanter to reduce each issue to 56 pages. In 1947, after the first 34 issues, Kanter changed the title from Classic Comics to Classics Illustrated, a logo with a high visibility over the next 15 years because Kanter, unlike other comic book publishers, kept his titles in print, going back to press with occasional reprintings.
Number of issues cataloged: 200
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Cover Date |
 165
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The Queen's Necklace
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January 1962
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(3rd Edition, HRN 166)
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Fall 1968 |
164
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The Cossack Chief
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April 1965
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163
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Master of the World
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May 1957
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162
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Robur the Conqueror
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May 1961
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159
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The Octopus
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November 1960
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156
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The Conquest of Mexico
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May 1960
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154
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January 1960
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153
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The Invisible Man
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July 1956
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151
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Won by the Sword
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July 1959
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(1st Edition, HRN 150)
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July 1959 |
149
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Off On A Comet
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March 1959
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(6th Edition, HRN 167)
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October 1966 |
147
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Ben Hur
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November 1958
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146
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With Fire and Sword
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October 1941
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145
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The Crisis
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November 1955
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144
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The First Men in the Moon
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October 1955
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142
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Abraham Lincoln
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January 1958
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141
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Castle Dangerous
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July 1955
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137
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The Little Savage
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March 1957
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135
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Waterloo
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November 1956
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(1st Edition, HRN 135)
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November 1956 |
130
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Caesar's Conquests
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October 1941
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128
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Macbeth
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September 1955
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125
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The Ox-Bow Incident
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March 1955
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(1st Edition, March 1955 No HRN)
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March 1955 |
123
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Fang and Claw
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September 1954
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122
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The Mutineers
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August 1954
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(2nd Edition, HRN 136)
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August 1954 |
121
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Wild Bill Hickcok
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July 1954
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117
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Captains Courageous
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July 1953
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115
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How I Found Livingstone
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January 1954
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(1st Edition, HRN 116)
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January 1954 |
114
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The Red Rover
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April 1953
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112
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The Adventures of Kit Carson
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February 1953
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111
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The Talisman
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September 1953
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110
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A Study in Scarlet
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August 1953
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106
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Buffalo Bill
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April 1953
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105
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From the Earth to the Moon
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March 1953
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103
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Men Against The Sea
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January 1953
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(2nd Edition, HRN 114)
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January 1953 |
101
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William Tell
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November 1952
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(1st Edition, HRN 101)
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November 1952 |
100
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Mutiny on the Bounty
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October 1952
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99
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Hamlet
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October 1941
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98
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The Red Badge of Courage
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August 1952
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("Red Badge of Courage" (3rd Edition, HRN 142))
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August 1952 |
97
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King Solomon's Mines
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July 1952
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96
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Daniel Boone
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June 1952
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95
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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May 1952
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94
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David Balfour
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August 1951
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93
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Pudd Nhead Wilson
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March 1952
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(1st Edition, HRN 94)
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March 1952 |
92
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Longfellow's The Courtship of Miles Standish
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June 1951
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91
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The Call of the Wild
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January 1952
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89
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Crime and Punishment
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November 1951
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(4 Edition, HRN 167)
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May 1966 |
88
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Men of Iron
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October 1951
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87
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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September 1951
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86
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Under Two Flags
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August 1951
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85
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Sea Wolf
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July 1951
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83
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The Jungle Book
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May 1966
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82
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The Master Of Ballantrae
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Fall 1968
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81
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The Odyssy
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March 1951
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(Reprint)
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Spring 1969 |
80
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White Fang
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February 1951
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79
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Cyrano de Bergerac
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January 1951
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(15c)
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January 1951 |
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(1997 Reprint)
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January 1951 |
78
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Joan of Arc
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December 1950
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77
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The Iliad
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November 1950
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76
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The Prisoner of Zenda
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October 1950
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(reissue)
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October 1950 |
75
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The Lady of the Lake
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September 1950
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(9th Edition, HRN 169)
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Spring 1969 |
74
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Mr Midshipman Easy
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August 1950
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73
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The Black Tulip
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July 1950
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(Reprint)
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July 1950 |
72
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The Oregon Trail
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June 1950
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(Reprint)
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1968 |
71
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The Man Who Laughs
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April 1964
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70
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The Pilot
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August 1949
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(Reprint)
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February 1964 |
69
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Around the World in 80 Days
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July 1949
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(Reprint)
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Spring 1969 |
68
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Julius Caesar
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February 1950
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(Reissue)
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1967 |
67
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The Scottish Chiefs
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January 1950
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66
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The Cloister and the Hearth
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December 1949
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65
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A Biography of Benjamin Franklin
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November 1949
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64
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Treasure Island
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October 1949
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63
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The Man Without a Country
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February 1949
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(Reprint)
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August 1966 |
62
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Western Stories
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August 1949
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(9th Edition, HRN 166)
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August 1949 |
61
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The Woman in White
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July 1949
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(Reprint)
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1966 |
60
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Black Beauty
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June 1949
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(15c)
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June 1949 |
59
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Wuthering Heights
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May 1949
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(Reprint)
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Summer 1969 |
58
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The Prairie
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April 1949
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57
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The Song of Hiawatha
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March 1949
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(Reprint)
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March 1949 |
56
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The Toilers of The Sea
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February 1949
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55
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Silas Marner
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January 1949
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(4th Edition, HRN 121)
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January 1949 |
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(Reprint)
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May 1967 |
54
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The Man in the Iron Mask
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December 1948
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(9th Edition (A), HRN 166 Soft Cover)
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Winter 1969 |
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(9th Edition (B), HRN 166 Stiff Cover)
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Winter 1969 |
53
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A Christmas Carol
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November 1948
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52
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The House Of The Seven Gables
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October 1941
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51
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The Spy
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September 1948
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(Variant)
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September 1948 |
50
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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August 1948
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(14th Edition, HRN 169, Autumn 1969)
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August 1948 |
48
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David Copperfield
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January 1948
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("David Coperfield" (5th Edition, HRN 140))
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June 1948 |
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(1997 Reprint)
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1997 |
47
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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January 1948
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(10c)
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January 1948 |
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(15c)
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January 1948 |
46
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Kidnapped
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April 1948
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42
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Swiss Family Robinson
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October 1947
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41
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Twenty Years After
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September 1947
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39
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Jane Eyre
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July 1947
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(7th Edition, HRN 142)
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July 1947 |
37
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The Pioneers
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May 1947
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34
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Mysterious Island
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February 1947
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33
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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January 1947
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32
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Lorna Doone
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December 1946
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31
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The Black Arrow
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October 1946
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30
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The Moonstone
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September 1946
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(15c)
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1960 |
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(Reprint)
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September 1946 |
29
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The Prince and the Pauper
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July 1946
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(Reprint)
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July 1964 |
28
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Michael Strogoff
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November 1963
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27
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The Adventures of Marco Polo
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April 1946
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26
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Frankenstein
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December 1945
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(Reprint)
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December 1945 |
25
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Two Years Before The Mast
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October 1945
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24
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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September 1945
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23
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Oliver Twist
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July 1945
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22
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The Pathfinder
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May 1945
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(Reprint)
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December 1965 |
21
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Three Famous Mysteries
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April 1945
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20
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The Corsican Brothers
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June 1944
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(15c)
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March 1945 |
19
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Huckleberry Finn
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April 1944
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(Original Cover)
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April 1944 |
18
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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March 1944
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(14th Printing HRN 167)
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September 1963 |
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(Reprint)
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January 1968 |
17
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The Deerslayer
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October 1944
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(1971 Reprint)
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Spring 1971 |
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(Reprint)
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November 1966 |
16
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Gulliver's Travels
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December 1943
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(9th edition, HRN 155)
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December 1943 |
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(Reprint)
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Winter 1969 |
15
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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November 1943
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( (4th Printing HRN 53))
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November 1943 |
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(Reprint)
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May 1967 |
14
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Westward Ho!
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September 1943
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13
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Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
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August 1943
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(5th edition, HRN 60)
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August 1943 |
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(9th edition, HRN 112)
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August 1943 |
12
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Rip Van Winkle
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June 1943
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(11th edition, HRN 132)
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June 1943 |
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(18th edition, HRN 166)
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June 1943 |
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(19th Edition, HRN 169)
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Summer 1970 |
11
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Don Quixote
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May 1943
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(10th edition, HRN 166)
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May 1943 |
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(5th edition, HRN 110)
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May 1943 |
10
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Robinson Crusoe
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April 1943
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(11th edition, HRN 130)
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April 1943 |
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(16th Edition, HRN 167)
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July 1964 |
9
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Les Miserables
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March 1943
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(12th edition, HRN 166)
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March 1943 |
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(9th edition, HRN 161)
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March 1943 |
8
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Arabian Nights
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February 1943
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(8th edition, HRN 164)
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February 1943 |
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(Canadian cover)
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February 1943 |
7
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Robin Hood
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October 1941
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6
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A Tale of Two Cities
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October 1942
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(11th edition, HRN 132)
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October 1942 |
5
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Moby Dick
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September 1942
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(14th edition, HRN 131)
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September 1942 |
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(23rd edition, HRN 166)
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September 1942 |
4
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The Last of the Mohicans
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October 1941
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(13th edition, HRN 135)
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October 1941 |
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(5th edition, HRN 21)
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October 1941 |
3
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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March 1942
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(15th Edition, HRN 143)
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March 1942 |
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(15c)
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March 1942 |
2
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Ivanhoe
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December 1941
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(14th edition, HRN 136)
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December 1941 |
1
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The Three Musketeers
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October 1941
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150A
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Royal Canadian Mounted Polics
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June 1959
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