NMLP P-015045 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Deadly Shade of Gold

John D. MacDonald · Fawcett Gold Medal · 1965

Paperback original; the US Gold Medal wraps edition precedes all others. A UK Robert Hale hardcover followed in 1967 and the first US hardcover, from J.B. Lippincott, not until 1974 (some Lippincott copies carry a '175' code at the head of the front jacket flap, with no established priority between coded and uncoded).

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015045 for "A Deadly Shade of Gold" by John D. MacDonald (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015045, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).