Beacon Books / Beacon Signal1954-mid-1960sBeacon used B-prefixed catalog numbers on the cover and spine (the early B-100 through rouCrest / Fawcett Crest1955-1980sFirst printing: Fawcett gave no general first-edition statement but DID note subsequent prLion Books1949-1957Sequential catalog number on spine/cover identifies the title; Lion ran a 25-cent Lion linMidwood Books1957-1968Midwood used letter/number catalog codes (early F-prefix, later all-numeric 32-xxx and simMonarch Books1958-1965Sequential/letter-coded catalog numbers identify the title: the main line ran from #101 (OPocket Books1939-present (now an imprint of Simon & Schuster)First printing was typically stated on the copyright page in the early and mid era; later Popular Library1942-1980sSequential catalog number on the spine/cover identifies the title; the number is not a priSignet / New American Library (NAL)1948-1990sFirst printing: the copyright page states 'First Printing' (often as 'First Signet printin
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