From 1959 to the mid-70s, substantial revisions to the first 38 titles were made. This was done to modernize outdated vernacular, reduce story length, age the characters and remove the ethnic and racial stereotypes prevalent in many of the early books. The result of this process varied widely, with some books being changed only slightly while others had their entire plot and storyline thrown out. At any rate, the revised versions are those that are commonly found and are available here at Exodus.
Original versions had 23-25 chapters; revised versions all have 20 chapters and later copyrights. You will sometimes find original versions here.
- Early editions are listed with their original title and have either their original brown cover or a rare dustjacket. We believe these versions go to book #40.
- Unrevised "blue cover" reprints are marked as (vintage), quickly identified by their brown endpapers and confirmed by number of chapters. We seldom see these, so don't keep them always visible on the site as a general rule, making exceptions when the cover is different from the matte version.
- Revised "blue color" reprints from the 50s-70s are marked as (matte). These ones often look like the vintage ones, but have endflaps with b/w line drawings. They consistently have 20 chapters.
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