This is an actual guide to Signed Modern Classics, not just a listing of the books. There have been a total of 64 books produced for Signed Modern Classics. The series was started in 1999. The complete list is published below in numerical order starting with the first book published for the series. I have also included the approximate release date. Easton Press currently charges $79.50 with shipping and handling for each book. Only a few titles are in stock at one time. Some titles are out of stock for several years (titles are out of stock a lot longer than in other series). Easton Press will remove any books you do not want from the series. It is possible to purchase individual titles directly from customer service.
Price
Easton Press started increasing prices on several series in 2006/2007. This series will probably have a price increase in the near future. You should order at least one book from this series if you have ever thought about subscribing to the series to lock in the lower price. Easton Press used to guarantee the lower price for a short period of time if you are an existing subscriber.
What Discontinued Books are the Most Valuable?
The only books officially discontinued so far are books from authors who have recently died. I suspect some of the books will never come back to the market and several additional authors may die soon. There are different policies regarding author's death. You can purchase up to two of some deceased author's books if they are in stock. Easton Press now requires you to buy 10 other books from this series before you are allowed to purchase the few remaining copies of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. This is by far the most stringent requirement ever placed on the purchase of a book from this series. Of course the book will be a huge investment opportunity in the near future. Below are the most valuable books with average Ebay selling price over the last several years.
-Death of a Salesman- $300
-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - $550-$1600 (Two versions. One with author's artwork - the other copy is plain.
-Inherit the Wind - $340
-Trinity - $190
-Exodus - $190
-Chosen - $120
How to Receive Faster Shipping
It may take several weeks for your order to arrive if you purchase an individual book from the series. It also takes other books ordered from Easton Press several weeks to arrive. This is because book orders are collected together and shipped out when enough orders are placed. It is possible for customer service to "drop" your order. This means the order will ship the following Saturday for orders placed before 1:00 PM EST on Wednesday. Dropping an order tells the warehouse to actually pack up the book and ship it out. The closer you are to the East Coast, the sooner your book arrives since Easton Press is located on the East Coast. The most economical expedited shipping method is to have your book go out UPS ground. This will "drop" the book and send it out faster than the USPS.
1) Death of a Salesman - 2/1999 DECEASED
2) Fahrenheit 451 4/2001
3) I know Why The Caged Bird Sings - 5/1999
4) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 7/1999 DECEASED
5) Rabbit, Run - 5/1999
6) Slaughterhouse Five - 3/1999 DECEASED
7) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 4/1999
8) The English Patient - 5/1999
9) What Makes Sammy Run? - 8/1999
10) Trinity - 8/1999 DECEASED
11) Cold Mountain - 8/1999
12) Sophie's Choice - 8/1999
13) Accidental Tourist - 9/1999
14) Schindler's List - 9/1999
15) French Lieutenant's Woman - 12/1999
16) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - 1/2000
17) A Lesson Before Dying - 3/1999
18) Like Water for Chocolate - 1/2000
19) Ironweed - 2/2000
20) Little Big Man - 4/2000
21) Lake Wobegon Days - 4/2000
22) The Homecoming - 6/2000 DECEASED
23) Pilgrim at Tinker Creek - 8/2000
24) A Bend in the River - 7/2000
25) Burr - 10/2000
26) Inherit the Wind - 11/2000 DECEASED
27 Bright Lights, Big City - 2/2001
28) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 11/2000
29) At Play in the Fields of the Lord - 4/2001
30) The Joy Luck Club - 3/2001
31) A Book of Common Prayer - 11/2000
32) Fear of Flying - 7/2001
33) Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - 9/2001
34) Ragtime - 10/2001
35) The Confessions of Nat Turner - 11/2001
36) Exodus - 7/2001 DECEASED
37) The Chosen - 6/2001 DECEASED
38) Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner - 11/2000
39) Forrest Gump - 11/2000
40) Them - 11/2000
41) Love Story - 11/2000
42) The Andromeda Strain - 10/2003
43) Flowers for Algernon - 10/2003
44) Angela's Ashes - 11/2003
45) Bang the Drum Slowly - 12/2003 DECEASED
46) Boys of Summer - 12/2003
47) Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - 1/2004
48) I, The Jury - 12/2003 DECEASED
49) Shoeless Joe - 2/2004
50) The Ledge Between the Stream - 4/2004
51) Alive - 4/2004
52) Amadeus - NOT RELEASED
53) Possession - 6/2004
54) DISCONTINUED - The Long Walk - 6/2004
55) Rumpole of the Bailey - 9/2004
56) The Snow Leopard - 9/2004
57) Seven Years in Tibet - 2/2005
58) Memoirs of a Geisha - 2/2005
59) The Best and the Brightest - 6/2005 DECEASED
60) The Thorn Birds - 10/2005
61) DISCONTINUED/NEVER RELEASED - Prime of Miss Jean Brodie DECEASED
62) Independence Day
63) A Thousand Acres
64) Winter's Tale
65) Going After Cacciato - 6/2006
66) Interpreter of Maladies - 8/2006
67) The Ice Storm - 10/2006
68) The Shipping News
69) Empire Falls
70) Life of Pi - 3/2007
71) Soul Mountain - 12/2006
72) White Teeth
73) The Corrections - 12/2008
74) The Graduate
75) The Alienist
76) Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love - 1/2009
77) Cover Her Face
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