Charles,

I’m assuming someone hasn’t pointed this out already - that this copy of Frankenstein is not the original 1945 edition. It’s a later edition from the late 60’s or early 70’s.

Classics were reprinted in different editions for 40 years and there are dozens of printings of some, many with different covers or different art.

I’m sure this is a lated edition because of the $0.15 cover price. The 1945 edition would have had a $0.10 cover price. The cover paper stock and size of the book were different in 1945 as well.

The way to tell what edition you have is to find the re-order page. It can be on the back cover or in the book. This lists all the books CI was selling when this was printed, and the edition is usually referred to as the latest edition available. You’ll probably find that this was sold when CI 142 (or in that area) was the latest available. This is all explained in detail on the Overstreet guide.