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Picture Year ISBN Publisher Illustrated by
1818 Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones
08/11/1823 G. and W. B. Whittaker
10/31/1831 Colburn and Bentley (Bentley Standard Novels #9) Theodor von Holst
1832 Colburn and Bentley (Bentley Standard Novels #9)
1833 Carey, Lea and Blanchard
1836 Richard Bentley (Bentley Standard Novels #9)
1839 Richard Bentley (Bentley Standard Novels #9)
1846 Thomas Hodgson (Parlour library #144)
1846 Thomas Hodgson (Parlour library #144)
1849 Richard Bentley (Bentley Standard Novels #9)
1865 Milner and Sowerby
1922 The Cornhill Publishing Company
1931 Grosset & Dunlap
1932 Halcyon House
1932 Halcyon House Nino Carbe
1932 May Popular Fiction Publishing Co.
1932 Jun Popular Fiction Publishing Co.
1932 Jul Popular Fiction Publishing Co.
1932 Aug Popular Fiction Publishing Co.
1932 Sep Popular Fiction Publishing Co.
1932 Oct Popular Fiction Publishing Co.
1932 Nov Popular Fiction Publishing Co.
1932 Dec Popular Fiction Publishing Co.
1934 Harrison Smith & Robert Haas Lynd Ward
1934 Heritage Press Everett Henry
1939 Grosset & Dunlap
1946 Editions for the Armed Services
1949
1953 May Lion Books
1957 Oct Pyramid Books
1959 Feb Pyramid Books
1961 Collier Books
1964 Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers
1964 Feb Pyramid Books
1964 Jun Pyramid Books
1964 Sep Pyramid Books
1965 Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers
1965 Airmont Books (Airmont Classics #19)
1965 Mar Dell Laurel-Leaf
1965 Aug Pyramid Books
1965 Sep Pyramid Books
1965 Dec Signet / New American Library of Canada
1967 Collier Books
1967 Apr Scholastic Book Services
1967 Jun Bantam Books (Bantam Pathfinder)
1967 Aug Pyramid Books
1968 Penguin Books (Penguin English Library #36)
1968 Oct Dell Laurel-Leaf
1969 Feb Bantam Books (Bantam Pathfinder)
1970 May Dell Laurel-Leaf
1970 Jul Bantam Books (Bantam Pathfinder)
1971 Collier Books
1971 Mar Dell Laurel-Leaf
1971 Apr Bantam Books (Bantam Pathfinder)
1971 Sep Dell Laurel-Leaf
1971 Nov Bantam Books (Bantam Pathfinder)
1972 May Dell Laurel-Leaf
1972 May Airmont Books (Airmont Classics #19)
1972 Jul Bantam Books (Bantam Pathfinder)
1972 Oct Dell Laurel-Leaf
1973 0-385-09580-5 Doubleday
1973 International Collectors Library
1973 Collier Books
1973 Heron Books Christian Broutin
1973 Jan 0-460-01616-4 J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton (Everyman's Library #1616)
1973 Jul Bantam Books (Bantam Pathfinder)
1973 Jul Bantam Books (Bantam Pathfinder)
1973 Jul Dell Laurel-Leaf
1973 Dec Bantam Books (Bantam Pathfinder)
1974 0-672-51457-5 Bobbs-Merrill Company
1974 Jan Scholastic
1974 Feb Dell Laurel-Leaf
1975 Mar Bantam Books (Bantam Pathfinder)
1975 Dec Bantam Books
1975 Dec Dell
1976 9780517516973 Clarkson N. Potter Robert Andrew Parker
1976 Mar Pyramid Books
1976 Apr 0-7221-7772-0 Sphere (The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult #39)
1976 Apr 0-671-80413-8 Pocket Books
1976 Airmont Books (Airmont Classics #19)
1977 Caedmon
1977 0-517-53071-6 Clarkson N. Potter Marcia Huyette
1977 Aug Signet Classic / New American Library
1977 Dec 0-553-11629-0 Bantam Books
1978 Dec 0-451-52363-6 Signet Classic / New American Library
1978 Dec 0-451-51136-0 Signet Classic / New American Library
1979 0-14-043036-9 Penguin Books (Penguin English Library)
1979 Feb 0-450-04112-3 New English Library
1980 0-89375-401-3 Watermill Press (Watermill Classic)
1981 0-517-34802-0 Avenel Books Marcia Huyette
1981 Oct 0-553-21044-0 Bantam Books (Bantam Classic)
1982 Jun 0-8049-0019-1 Airmont Books (Airmont Classics #19)
1982 Aug 0-451-51136-0 Signet Classic / New American Library
8/1/82 0-451-52363-6 Signet Classic / New American Library
1983 0-396-08277-7 Dodd, Mead & Co.
1983 0-14-043036-9 Penguin Books (Penguin English Library)
1983 Aug Nelson Doubleday / BCE
11/1/83 0-396-08278-5 Dodd, Mead & Co. Bernie Wrightson
6/1/84 0-88676-055-0 Metacom
1984 Dec 0-520-05281-1 University of California Press
1986 0-14-043036-9 Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)
8/1/87 0-451-52336-9 Signet Classic / New American Library (Signet Classics)
1987 Dec 0-89471-520-8 Running Press
1988 Aerie
1988 0-517-66842-4 Portland House Lynd Ward
1988 Aug 0-361-08208-8 Purnell (Nightmares (Purnell))
1988 Oct 0-216-92326-3 Blackie
1988 Nov 0-87226-190-5 Peter Bedrick Books
1988 Nov 0-14-011666-4 Penguin Books
4/1/90 0-87226-423-8 Peter Bedrick Books
1990 Jul 0-19-506258-2 Oxford University Press
1990 Jul 0-19-506259-0 Oxford University Press
1990 Sep 0-89471-882-7 Courage Books (Courage Classics)
1990 Oct 0-14-035107-8 Puffin / Penguin Books (US) (Puffin Classics)
8/1/91 0-681-41163-5 Longmeadow Press
1991 Oct Book-of-the-Month Club
1991 Nov 0-553-21247-8 Bantam Books
1992 0-312-04469-0 Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)
1992 0-14-043362-7 Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)
1992 May 0-312-06525-6 Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)
1992 Oct 0-460-87149-8 Everyman's Library (UK)
1992 Oct 0-451-52363-6 Signet Classic / New American Library
1993 1-85196-051-1 Pickering & Chatto
1993 1-85326-023-1 Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics)
1993 Aug 0-679-60059-0 Modern Library
1993 Aug 1-85152-312-X Chancellor Press
1993 Oct 0-452-26968-7 Plume
1994 0-88733-195-5 Underwood-Miller Bernie Wrightson
1994 0-451-18377-0 Signet Classic / New American Library
1994 0-486-28211-2 Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions)
1994 1-85326-846-1 Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics)
1994 1-56960-215-8 Book Essentials Promotions (World's Best Loved Classics)
1994 0-14-130541-X Puffin (Puffin Classics)
1994 0-681-45578-0 Longmeadow Press
1994 1-85487-330-X Robinson
1994 Feb 0-14-062030-3 Penguin Books (Penguin Popular Classics)
1994 Jul 0-19-282331-0 Oxford University Press
1994 Sep 0-520-08942-1 University of California Press Barry Moser
1994 Sep 0-19-282283-7 Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics)
1994 Nov 0-330-33705-X Pan Books
1994 Nov 0-812-55150-8 Tor
1994 Dec 0-88733-194-7 Underwood-Miller Bernie Wrightson
1994 Dec 0-7867-0159-5 Carroll & Graf
1994 Dec 0-14-023994-4 Penguin Books
1995 Heritage Press Everett Henry
7/22/95 0-517-14641-X Gramercy Books
1995 Sep 0-671-53150-6 Washington Square Press (Enriched Classics)
1995 Sep 0-8317-6696-4 Smithmark Publishers (Classic Library)
1996 May 0-393-96458-2 W. W. Norton & Company (Norton Critical Editions)
1998 Aug 0-670-87801-4 Viking / Penguin (The Whole Story)
1998 Aug 0-670-87800-6 Viking / Penguin (The Whole Story)
1999 1-903342-05-8 Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics)
1999 0-385-48732-0 Doubleday
1999 1-85326-023-1 Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics)
1999 Feb 0-375-75341-9 Modern Library
10/1/99 0-613-17238-8 Bt Bound
2000 0-312-19126-X Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)
3/1/00 1-929077-39-4 PageFree Publishing
2000 Aug 0-451-52771-2 Signet Classic / New American Library (Signet Classic)
2001 0-7624-1116-3 Courage Books
2002 1-56619-141-6 Barnes & Noble Books (Barnes & Noble Classics)
2002 0-681-80714-8 State Street Press Aristides Ruiz
2002 Aug 0-321-09698-3 Longman (Longman Cultural Editions)
2003 1-58726-088-3 Borders Classics
2003 1-59308-115-4 Barnes & Noble Books (Barnes & Noble Classics)
2003 Jan 0-14-143947-5 Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)
2003 May 1-59308-005-0 Barnes & Noble Books (Barnes & Noble Classics)
2003 Aug 0-618-08489-4 Houghton Mifflin (New Riverside Editions)
2003 Oct 0-553-21247-8 Bantam Books (Bantam Classic)
2004 1-59308-161-8 Barnes & Noble Books (Barnes & Noble Classics)
2004 84-9789-671-8 The Vancouver Sun / Mediasat (The Classic Children's Collection #3)
2004 977-1-741749-01-5 Planet Three (Great Reads Collection #41)
2004 978-0-141883-60-1 Folio Society Harry Brockway
2004 May 0-7434-8758-3 Pocket Books (Enriched Classics)
2004 Oct 0-7434-9806-2 ibooks
1/30/05 1-4209-2255-6 Digireads.com
2006 1-58726-453-6 Borders Classics
2006 Jan 0-14-102444-5 Penguin Books (Penguin Red Classics)
4/1/06 1-84702-230-8 The Echo Library
4/1/07 978-1-933618-12-8 Centipede Press
6/28/07 978-0-14-062332-1 Penguin Books (Penguin Popular Classics)
9/4/07 978-0-09-951204-2 Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)
2007 Oct 978-1-4022-0870-6 Sourcebooks Landmark
10/1/07 1-4027-4338-6 Sterling Publishing (Sterling Classics)
11/25/07 1-59687-195-4 ibooks
2008 978-0-19-953715-0 Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics)
5/1/08 978-1-58617-138-4 Ignatius Press (Ignatius Critical Edition)
5/30/08 978-1-4344-7300-4 Wildside Press
5/30/08 978-1-4344-7299-1 Wildside Press
6/3/08 978-0-517-23065-7 Gramercy Books
11/5/08 978-1-59582-200-0 Dark Horse Books Bernie Wrightson
3/31/09 978-1-4270-2002-4 ReadHowYouWant
4/15/09 978-1-60450-429-3 Phoenix Pick (Phoenix Science Fiction Classics) Theodor von Holst
6/22/09 978-0-486-47053-5 Dover Publications Lynd Ward
6/29/09 978-0-14-104511-5 Penguin Books Australia (Popular Penguins)
6/29/09 978-1-84837-327-3 Arcturus Publishing (Arcturus Paperback Classics)
8/3/09 978-0-486-47582-0 Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Study Editions)
12/9/09 978-1-4104-2174-6 Kennebec Large Print (Kennebec Large Print Perennial Favorites)
1/21/10 978-1-907439-04-9 The Samphire Press
2/4/10 978-0-85706-057-0 Leonaur Ltd (Leonaur Supernatural Fiction Series)
4/1/10 978-0-00-735096-4 HarperPress (Collins Classics)
4/2/10 978-1-897093-51-1 Qualitas Classics
4/7/10 978-0-9565277-1-4 Bibliolis Books
4/22/10 978-1-4385-9439-2 Book Jungle
5/7/10 978-1-935814-02-3 Cricket House Books, LLC
5/17/10 978-0-00-738261-3 Collins (Collins Classics)
6/7/10 978-1-4084-7744-1 Chivers Press
7/6/10 978-1-926801-04-9 Prohyptikon Publishing
2010 Aug 978-0-19-278987-7 Oxford University Press (Oxford Children's Classics)
8/1/10 978-1-904633-42-6 Collector's Library / CRW Publishing
8/14/10 978-1-907523-15-1 Aziloth Books (Cathedral Classics) Theodor von Holst
9/30/10 978-1-61524-349-5 Intervisual Books
2/3/11 978-0-14-133441-7 Puffin (Puffin Classics)
5/12/11 978-0-14-241951-9 Puffin / Penguin Books (US)
2011 Aug 978-1-4480-1910-6 The Echo Library Theodor von Holst
8/4/11 978-0-14-310503-9 Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Daniel Clowes
9/1/11 978-0-942208-45-0 Bandanna Books
10/7/11 978-1-4563-5594-4 Zetacraft Publishing (Craft Publishing Classics)
10/24/11 978-1-936041-11-4 Simon & Brown
2012 978-0-393-92793-1 W. W. Norton & Company (Norton Critical Editions)
2012 978-0-8125-5150-1 Tor
2012 978-0-393-92793-1 W. W. Norton & Company (Norton Critical Editions)
2012 978-1-4351-3768-4 Sterling Publishing (Barnes & Noble Signature Editions)
1/31/12 978-1-908533-14-2 Transatlantic Press
3/15/12 978-1-59688-152-5 The Large Print Book Company (World Classics in Large Print)
4/9/12 978-1-61382-286-9 Simon & Brown
4/26/12 978-0-14-119896-5 Penguin Books (Penguin English Library)
5/8/12 978-0-7624-4427-4 Running Press Kids (Steampunk) Zdenki Basic, Manuel Suberac
6/6/12 978-1-61382-379-8 Simon & Brown
6/21/12 978-1-909175-12-9 Fantastica
6/25/12 978-1-61382-360-6 Simon & Brown
8/4/12 978-0-9829543-7-9 Finisterra Books
2012 Sep Girasol Collectables
9/10/12 978-0-85775-464-6 Flame Tree 451 (Essential Gothic, SF & Dark Fantasy)
10/11/12 978-0-575-09960-9 Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))
10/25/12 978-1-4351-3616-8 Sterling Publishing (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics)
10/31/12 978-0-674-05552-0 Belknap Press / Harvard University Press
2012 Dec Girasol Collectables
12/2/12 978-1-61293-049-7 Tribeca Books
12/7/12 978-1-4811-9483-9 CreateSpace Theodor von Holst
12/7/12 978-1-4811-9483-9 CreateSpace Theodor von Holst
1/19/13 978-1-61720-904-8 Wilder Publications
1/20/13 978-1-61720-907-9 Wilder Publications
2/9/13 978-1-4823-9399-6 CreateSpace
2/20/13 978-1-4825-9917-6 Topbooks (Original Classic Horror Novels)
4/1/13 978-1-4840-1177-5 CreateSpace
8/5/13 978-1-4912-7025-7 CreateSpace
8/19/13 978-1-940177-39-7 Mary Shelley
9/1/13 978-1-4922-3781-5 Empire Voices
9/28/13 978-1-909399-06-8 Roads Publishing (Roads Classics)
10/1/13 978-0-451-53224-4 Signet Classics
10/3/13 978-0-09-957346-3 Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)
10/3/13 978-0-14-312233-3 Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Horror)
10/3/13 978-0-14-139339-1 Penguin Books (Penguin Clothbound Classics)
10/15/13 978-1-60710-945-7 Canterbury Classics (Word Cloud Classics)
11/10/13 978-1-61293-011-4 Tribeca Books
2014 978-1-4351-5721-7 Fall River Press
1/1/14 978-1-927970-17-1 Engage Books
1/16/14 978-1-84749-350-7 Alma Classics (Alma Classics Evergreens)
3/1/14 978-1-4448-1897-0 Ulverscroft Large Print Books
3/7/14 978-1-61382-167-1 Simon & Brown
6/26/14 978-1-84344-385-8 Pulp! the Classics / Oldcastle Books
7/3/14 978-1-4071-4404-7 Scholastic Press (Scholastic Classics)
9/5/14 978-1-78329-363-6 Titan Books (The Penny Dreadful Collection)
9/9/14 978-1-63106-016-8 Race Point Publishing (Knickerbocker Classics)
10/2/14 978-0-09-959392-8 Vintage (UK) (Vintage Magic #1)
10/11/14 978-1-897384-19-0 Magdalene Press
10/17/14 978-1-77226-039-7 Engage Books
5/15/15 978-1-63450-114-9 Skyhorse Publishing
6/4/15 978-0-19-835533-5 Oxford University Press (Rollercoasters)
11/20/15 978-0-312-46318-2 Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)
2016 Folio Society Harry Brockway
4/7/16 978-0-00-818219-9 Collins (Collins Classics)
4/20/16 978-1-60660-089-4 Calla Editions Nino Carbe
7/1/16 978-0-9950291-2-5 Universitas Press
7/5/16 978-1-68177-145-8 Pegasus Books
8/28/16 978-1-4351-6276-1 Sterling Publishing (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics)
9/13/16 978-1-101-99797-0 Puffin (Puffin Pixels)
12/21/16 978-1-68422-050-2 Martino Fine Books Theodor von Holst
1/26/17 978-1-5098-2775-6 Macmillan UK (Macmillan Collector's Library)
5/2/17 978-1-5420-4615-2 Amazon Classics
5/5/17 978-0-262-53328-7 The MIT Press
8/8/17 978-0-87140-949-2 Liveright (Annotated Books (Norton & Liveright))
9/1/17 978-0-19-275995-5 Oxford University Press (Oxford Children's Classics)
10/17/17 978-1-63158-184-7 Racehorse for Young Readers Oscar Dominguez
10/17/17 978-1-68177-533-3 Pegasus Books
12/1/17 978-1-4749-2497-9 Usborne (Young Reading Series 4)
2018 978-0-451-53224-4 Signet Classics
1/16/18 978-1-63159-397-0 Rockport Publishers (Classics Reimagined) David Plunkert
1/16/18 978-0-14-313184-7 Penguin Books (Penguin Classics)
3/22/18 978-0-19-881404-7 Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)
6/28/18 978-0-241-32164-5 Penguin Books (Penguin Originals #22)
7/26/18 978-1-78487-441-4 Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)
9/4/18 978-0-06-287066-7 Harper Perennial (Olive Editions)
9/20/18 978-1-61498-431-3 Hippocampus Press (Classics of Gothic Horror #5)
12/15/18 978-1-78664-807-5 Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy)
2019 978-1-912714-32-2 Chiltern (Chiltern Classics)
1/14/19 978-0-00-832592-3 Collins (Collins Classroom Classics)
6/11/19 978-0-00-832937-2 Collins (Collins Classics)
2019 Jul 978-981-4867-94-8 Penguin Random House SEA
8/13/19 978-1-77226-684-9 Engage Books
9/1/19 978-1-78487-560-2 Vintage Books (Vintage Classics)
9/13/19 978-1-77226-702-0 Inkflight
11/12/19 978-1-77226-826-3 Royal Classics
1/1/20 978-0-19-884082-4 Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics)
3/9/20 978-0-241-42512-1 Puffin (Puffin Clothbound Classics)
5/5/20 978-1-77437-024-7 King's Classics
8/25/20 978-0-593-20339-2 Puffin
9/23/20 978-1-62466-912-5 Hackett (Hackett Classics)
9/23/20 978-1-62466-913-2 Hackett (Hackett Classics)
11/15/20 978-1-77437-832-8 Royal Classics
11/29/20 978-1-77437-889-2 Engage Classics
3/31/21 978-1-83964-477-1 Flame Tree Press (Flame Tree Collector's Editions)
6/28/21 978-1-68057-203-2 WordFire Press (Wordfire Classics)
7/22/21 978-0-00-850947-7 Collins (Collins Classics)
8/15/21 978-0-393-64402-9 W. W. Norton & Company (Norton Critical Editions)
8/24/21 978-0-593-43850-3 Signet Classics
11/23/21 978-0-7858-3988-0 Chartwell Books (Chartwell Classics)
2016 Folio Society Harry Brockway
3/15/22 978-1-4351-7144-2 Sterling Publishing (Union Square Signature Classics)
4/5/22 978-1-4016-0411-0 Harper Muse (Painted Editions)
8/15/22 978-1-84022-834-2 Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Collector's Editions)
11/1/22 978-1-3988-1221-5 Sirius (Arcturus Ornate Classics #10)
7/1/23 979-8-218-23526-0 Modern Paperback (Modern Paperback Classics)
7/29/23 978-1-83514-004-8 Wordsworth Editions
9/13/23 978-0-486-85136-5 Dover Publications
10/3/23 978-1-4549-5157-5 Union Square & Co. (Union Square Deluxe Illustrated Classics)
6/11/24 978-91-8094-325-3 Modernista
7/16/24 978-0-486-85295-9 Dover Publications (Dover Bookshelf)
8/27/24 978-1-6659-6305-3 Aladdin (Monstrous Classics Collection)
9/5/24 978-1-0350-3484-0 Macmillan (Macmillan Collector's Library: Monsters and Misfits)
10/1/24 978-1-4549-5289-3 Union Square & Co. (Signature Gilded Editions)
10/1/24 978-1-3988-4364-6 Sirius (Arcturus Decorative Classics)
10/28/24 978-1-907312-58-8 Capstone Press (Capstone Classics)
2/4/25 978-1-3988-4370-7 Sirius (Arcturus Illustrated Classics)
3/18/25 978-1-4003-4656-1 Harper Muse (Painted Editions)
3/25/25 978-0-7858-4624-6 Chartwell Books (Chartwell Deluxe Editions)
3/25/25 978-1-83562-274-2 Flame Tree Publishing (Flame Tree Collectable Classics)
7/1/25 978-1-84022-858-8 Wordsworth Editions
8/5/25 978-1-6659-6309-1 Aladdin
2025 Sep 978-1-61347-358-0 Centipede Press Bernie Wrightson
9/2/25 979-8-217-13652-0 DK Publishing (DK Classics)
9/9/25 978-1-4549-6200-7 Union Square & Co. (Union Square Signature Clothbound Editions)
9/30/25 978-0-307-74331-2 Vintage Books (Vintage Classics)
10/7/25 979-8-3372-0236-5 Open Road Integrated Media
10/28/25 978-0-06-345206-0 Harper