Scribner Library

ISBN format: 0-684-xxxxx-c

Within the Scribner Library, there were a number of sub-series: 

• • Books for Young Readers (1962):  young adult titles

  • First Editions (1962): books by new authors that appeared in cloth and paper simultaneously

    • • The first First Editions from 1962 on were not part of the Scribner Library, but Scribner evidently reprinted them in, I think, 1969 or 1970 as part of the Scribner Library with SL numbers from SL 177 to SL 182. 

  • Headline Editions (1964/1968):  books on current issues

    • • The first of these Headline Editions were part of the Scribner Library but did not have SL numbers: a "Specially Abridged" edition of Polsby & Wildavsky's Presidential Elections  (1964), Shinn's Tangled World (1965), and Bennett's Foreign Policy in Christian Perspective (1966). 

      • The Headline Editions from 1964-1966 later received SL numbers as they were reprinted: SL 163 - Tangled World  (1968), SL 164 - Foreign Policy in Christian Perspective (1968), and SL 605 - Presidential Elections (1976). 

  • Omnibus Volumes (1965): treasuries, readers, and collected volumes

  • Lyceum Editions (1968): authoritative titles in religion, science, history, literary criticism, and other areas

  • Emblem Editions (1969): practical and entertaining books on popular subjects like gardening, cooking and domestic arts, and mathematical recreations 

  • Contemporary Classics (1970): recent classics of literature

  • Scribner Garden Library (1971): titles by gardening expert Jack Kramer

• • Illustrated Classics: classic literature illustrated by artists like N.C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, and Ethel Francis Butts

There were at least 2 box sets that collected SL titles: 

• • Galsworthy (SL3, SL206, SL207, SL208, SL209, & SL210)

  • Churchill - Marlborough (SL270, SL271, SL272, & SL273)

Evidently, the series numbering ended with the 1979 titles -- and possibly with SL 900, a nice even number. After 1979, only ISBNs identify titles in Scribner Library ads.