Fawcett Crest research

I’ve heard from someone who is eager to get deep into the nitty-gritty of the publishing history of the Fawcett Crest Peanuts books – getting the public dates of each printing of each book, perhaps the print run, that sort of detail.

If anyone out there has already done such research, or has a collection that goes beyond having one of each book and has multiple printings of each or somesuch, please drop me a line at questions@AAUGH.com and I’ll hook you up with this gen-yew-ine academic.

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