Classics Illustrated Junior

    (Famous Authors, 1953-1971, 2003)
™ and ©1958 Famous Authors Ltd.

Following the success of Classics Illustrated, the publishers decided to broaden their line in 1953 by launching a series based on popular fairy tales. Alice‘s Adventures in Wonderland had been tried in the earlier Classics Illustrated series, but the somewhat older readers of that line did not receive it well. The new series of Classics Illustrated Junior editions proved wildly popular, however, and soon was reprinted to almost the same extent that the main series had been. A Canadian publisher is now releasing 50th anniversary editions of these junior classics.

Among the works covered were The Little Mermaid, The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, The Wizard of Oz, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, Pinocchio, and other childhood favorites. From a collector’s point of view, the Junior editions are a bargain, with almost all later printings selling for just a few dollars, in comparison to the princely prices that issues of Classics Illustrated often command.
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#501 - 10th printing

Cover Price: $3.99
1 copy available for $2.50 		The Brothers Grimm, William B. Jones Jr.Alex A. Blum, William A. Walsh
#502 - 5th printing
October, 1942
Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $13.00 		Hans Christian AndersenWilliam A. Walsh
#504
January, 1954
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $1.50 		Robert BrowningDick Browne
#504 - 9th printing
February, 2005
Cover Price: $5.99
1 copy available for $9.99 		Robert BrowningDick Browne
#506 - 5th printing

Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $2.00 		  
#506 - 9th printing

Cover Price: $5.99
1 copy available for $9.99 		Joseph JacobsWilliam A. Walsh
#511 - 7th printing
June, 1969
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $2.00 		Aesop 
#513 - 6th printing
December, 1963
Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $2.00 		  
#513 - 10th printing

Cover Price: $5.99
1 copy available for $5.25 		  
#514 - 6th printing

Cover Price: $3.99
1 copy available for $2.75 		Hans Christian Andersen 
#515 - 8th printing

Cover Price: $3.99
1 copy available for $2.50 		 William A. Walsh
#517
July, 1955
Cover Price: $0.15
2 copies available from $2.75 		Aesop, Hans Christian Andersen 
#517 - 6th printing
June, 1969
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $1.25 		Aesop, Hans Christian Andersen 
#518 - 2nd printing

Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $1.25 		Aesop 
#519
October, 1955
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $3.25 		  
#520 - 4th printing
November, 1955
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $5.25 		Aesop, Hans Christian Andersen, Robert Louis Stevenson 
#520 - 8th printing

Cover Price: $3.99
1 copy available for $5.00 		Aesop, Hans Christian Andersen, Robert Louis StevensonLin Streeter, William A. Walsh
#523
February, 1956
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $2.00 		  
#523 - 5th printing
January, 1968
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $1.50 		  
#526 - 2nd printing

Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $0.75 		Aesop 
#527 - 2nd printing

Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $1.25 		Aesop 
#529 - 3rd printing

Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $6.00 		  
#533 - 2nd printing

Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $2.50 		  
#535 - 8th printing

Cover Price: $3.99
1 copy available for $3.50 		L. Frank BaumMike Sekowsky
#539
June, 1957
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $12.00 		The Brothers GrimmLin Streeter
#540 - 2nd printing
July, 1957
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $2.50 		Hans Christian Andersen 
#540 - 7th printing

Cover Price: $3.99
1 copy available for $3.50 		Hans Christian Andersen 
#544
November, 1957
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $2.00 		  
#546 - 4th printing
September, 1964
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $1.50 		The Brothers Grimm, Aesop, Edward Lear 
#546 - 6th printing
July, 1955
Cover Price: $3.99
1 copy available for $4.25 		The Brothers Grimm, Aesop, Edward LearWayne Downey
#547 - 4th printing
November, 1964
Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $0.75 		  
#548 - 6th printing

Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $9.99 		Nathaniel Hawthorne 
#551 - 3rd printing

Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $0.25 		Aesop, Edward Lear 
#553 - 3rd printing

Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $1.25 		Aesop, Edward Lear 
#554
September, 1958
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $6.00 		 Joe Sinnott
#558
February, 1959
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $9.99 		  
#563 - 5th printing

Cover Price: $3.99
1 copy available for $3.50 		  
#564 - 5th printing

Cover Price: $3.99
1 copy available for $3.25 		  
#565 - 5th printing
November, 2004
Cover Price: $3.99
1 copy available for $5.00 		  
#566 - 4th printing

Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $3.00 		  
#567 - 3rd printing
February, 1965
Cover Price: $0.00
2 copies available from $2.99 		Edward Lear 
#570 - 2nd printing

Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $4.99 		The Brothers Grimm, Edward Lear