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== Gold Medal and Fawcett Gold Medal == | == Gold Medal and Fawcett Gold Medal == | ||
| − | At some point between k1495 and k1535 Fawcett added the line "A Fawcett Gold Medal Book" at the top of the front cover though continued to use "Gold Medal Books" on the title page. | + | At some point between k1495 and k1535 Fawcett added the line "A Fawcett Gold Medal Book" at the top of the front cover though continued to use "Gold Medal Books" on the spine and title page. |
At some point between catalog #d1583 and d1823 (1655 to 1967) Fawcett changed the name of the imprint from "Gold Medal Books" to "Fawcett Gold Medal Books" with | At some point between catalog #d1583 and d1823 (1655 to 1967) Fawcett changed the name of the imprint from "Gold Medal Books" to "Fawcett Gold Medal Books" with | ||
Revision as of 02:40, 6 May 2008
Paperback imprint of Fawcett Publications. To avoid a breach of contract with NAL, whose Mentor and Signet titles Fawcett were distributing, these had to be original content, not reprints. The book numbering started at 101.
Fawcett Gold Medal article at Wikipedia
Gold Medal and Fawcett Gold Medal
At some point between k1495 and k1535 Fawcett added the line "A Fawcett Gold Medal Book" at the top of the front cover though continued to use "Gold Medal Books" on the spine and title page.
At some point between catalog #d1583 and d1823 (1655 to 1967) Fawcett changed the name of the imprint from "Gold Medal Books" to "Fawcett Gold Medal Books" with
- The spine changing from "A Gold Medal Book" to "A Fawcett Gold Medal Book"
- The imprint listed on the title page changing from "Gold Medal Books" to "A Fawcett Gold Medal Book"
Price Coding
The catalog number for early Gold Medal books had a letter followed by four digits. The letter corresponds with the price with known values being listed here. Catalog numbers and dates when available are also listed to help indicate when the price and letter code was changed.
- (none) 25¢ (#101 1950, #107 1950, #1031 1960)
- S 35¢ (S1032 1960, S1059 1960, S1067 Nov-1960, S1192 Feb-1962)
- K 40¢ (K1243 Sep-1962, K1442, K1495, K1535 May-1965, K1547 1965)
- D 50¢ (D1548 1965, D1549 1965, D1583, D1823 1967)
- R 60¢ (R2024 Dec-1968)
- T 75¢ (T2390 Feb-1971, T2471 Sep-1971)
- M 95¢ (M2735 Jun-1973, M2888 Nov-1973)
- P $1.25 (P3354 Nov-1975)
Publication Dating
Some Fawcett Gold Medal publications are dated on the very last page of the story. For example Fawcett #k1535 is Edward S. Aarons' Assignment Angelina (not specfict) has no printing date/number on the copyright page but the last page of the store has "65-5-3" in the lower-right corner. This is followed by a page for a 1965 book and movie, Major Dundee, which confirms the 1965 printing. It's not known if "65-5-3" means
- May 3, 1965
- March 5, 1965
- May 1965, 3rd printing (it's quite likely that k1535 is the 3rd printing)