NMLP P-001038 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Demolished Man

Alfred Bester · Shasta Publishers (Chicago) · 1953

US Shasta 1953 is the true first book edition (the text first appeared serialized in Galaxy, Jan-Mar 1952). A small group of subscriber copies were signed by Bester on the front free endpaper. The UK Sidgwick & Jackson edition (1953) is later.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-001038 for "The Demolished Man" by Alfred Bester (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-001038, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).