Publisher:Fawcett Gold Medal

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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

Some publications state just "Gold Medal Books" rather than Fawcett Gold Medal. For example

  • k1442 Assignment Ankara by Edward S. Aarons - States "Gold Medal k1442" in a round badge on the front cover, "A Gold Medal Book" on the spine, "Fawcett World Library" on the back cover, "An Original Gold Medal Book" and "Gold Medal Books" on the title page with "Gold Medal Books" appearing to be the official imprint name.
  • k1495 Assignment Lowlands by Edward S. Aarons - States "Gold Medal k1495" in a round badge on the front cover, "A Gold Medal Book" on the spine, "Fawcett World Library" on the back cover, "An Original Gold Medal Book" and "Gold Medal Books" on the title page with "Gold Medal Books" appearing to be the official imprint name.
  • k1535 Assignment Angelina by Edward S. Aarons - States "k1535 40¢" in a rectangular badge and then "A Fawcett Gold Medal Book at the top of the front cover" but "A Gold Medal Book" on the spine, "Fawcett World Library" on the back cover, "An Original Gold Medal Book" and "Gold Medal Books" on the title page with "Gold Medal Books" appearing to be the official imprint name.
  • d1583 Assignment The Cario Dancers by Edward S. Aarons - States "d1583 50¢" in a rectangular badge and then "A Fawcett Gold Medal Book at the top of the front cover" but "A Gold Medal Book" on the spine, "Fawcett World Library" on the back cover, "An Original Gold Medal Book" and "Gold Medal Books" on the title page with "Gold Medal Books" appearing to be the official imprint name.

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. The numbers are verified catalog numbers to help bracket when the price and letter may have changed.

  • (none) 25¢ (#105 1950, #107 1950, #947 1960, #1017 1960)
  • S 35¢ (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)
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