Books 1 to 12 came in two other versions and one book, the unnumbered The Unspeakable Gentleman, is seen only in the Book Club version. For the two Book Club books with multiple versions that I've seen the only difference is the covers. Examples of the front and back covers are below. The spine has the same title and author but not the number or logo that the other versions have. The Book Club inside covers are red with the logo and blank white on the other versions. With one exception all the pages, including the title, copyright and text, are identical. The exception is Captain Nemesis where the Book Club version has the logo on the title page and the regular version doesn't.
The Book Club is not advertised in any Red Arrow books that I've seen and I have not been able to find out anything about it. The type only version of the first 12 books were published in the fall of 1939. See here for the Publisher's Weekly ad. The last unnumbered book has a 1940 date. Perhaps all the Book Club versions were created in 1940.
Red Arrow 6
Red Arrow 10
back of all Book Club editions
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