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Fiction Parade Combined with Golden Book [June 1936] (128pp, pulp) [DC]

Fiction Parade Combined with Golden Book [v 3 #4, August 1936] (Fiction Parade, Inc., 25¢, 128pp, octavo) [DC/DK]

Fiction Parade Combined with Golden Book [February 1937] (128pp, pulp) [DC]

Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine [v 5 #1, May 1937] (Fiction Parade, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, 5.75x9") all reprints. [JL]

Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine [v 5 #6, October 1937] ed. Francis Rufus Bellamy (Fiction Parade, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, 5¾"x9") all reprints. [JL]

The Golden Book Magazine (UK)

The Golden Book Magazine (UK) [v 1 # 8, March 1928] ed. Hugh Walpole & Henry W. Lanier (Fleetway Press; London, 1/-, 128pp, pulp, cover by Amy Hogeboom) [JE]

The Golden Era In one form or another THE GOLDEN ERA was in its 35th year, more or less, in 1885 in San Francisco.
          Originally begun as a tabloid literary paper (or so I am told), in this 1885 incarnation it was Standard size or slightly smaller. I append some of the info supplied in one issue.
          The magazine later moved from San Francisco to San Diego and continued there for a while. Jesse Shepherd, of whom I have written earlier, stopped giving piano recitals and became a full-time writer after his initial sales to this magazine. The world of letters did not quake; but it is worth noting that his memoir of growing up in the time of Abraham Lincoln is STILL IN PRINT today.
          These issues contained many illustrations of local people, buildings, etc. The volume I examined, at the Oakland Public Library’s local history room, is missing the first 82 pages and it is possible there were fiction pieces in those. (If there was a ToC it is also lost.)
          Editor: Harr Wagner Publisher: Golden Era Company, 712 Montgomery, San Francisco.

The Golden Era [May 1885] (standard)

The Golden Era [v34 #3, June 1885] (standard) [Harr Wagner was a well-known writer in the San Francisco bohemian/writer circle. As far as I know he is not the same person as E. R. Wagner of Springfield OH ... but perhaps there is some connection.]
          [We shall probably never know who Babek was.]

The Golden Era [v34 #4, July 1885] (standard)

The Golden Era [v34 #5, August 1885] (standard)

The Golden Era [v34 #6, September 1885] (standard)

The Golden Era [v34 #6 [sic], October 1885] (standard)

The Golden Era [v34 #7, November 1885] (standard) [Walter E. Adams, lately from Australia, and son of the Surveyor-General of NSW, has purchased a half interest in the GOLDEN ERA].
          This issue lists several books for sale, published by the magazine, including Nature’s By-Ways in California by editor Harr Wagner.
          Ah, we discover in this issue that Babek is a society belle in San Jose; A Crescent and a Cross by her is available from the publisher for 20 cents.

The Golden Era [v34 #8, December 1885] (standard) [pp 462-76 of this issue is a long illustrated article on San Jose, by Carrie Stevens Walter of San Jose, winner of the poetry contest in a previous issue _ and identified here as living in SJ. As to whether or not she is Babek — will we ever know?]

The Golden Era [v35 #1, January 1886] (standard)

The Golden Era [v35 #2, February 1886] (standard) Editorial content starts on page 80; apparently the ad pages were included in the page numbering in this issue.

Golden Fleece, Historical Adventure Magazine

Golden Fleece, Historical Adventure Magazine [v 1 #3, December 1938] ed. A. J. Gontier, Jr. & C. G. Williams (Sun Publications; Chicago, 20¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Harold S. Delay & Jay Jackson) [DG]

Golden Fleece, Historical Adventure Magazine [v 2 #1, January 1939] ed. A. J. Gontier, Jr. & C. G. Williams (Sun Publications; Chicago, 20¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Harold S. Delay) [DG]

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