NMLP P-009499 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Space Merchants

Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth · Ballantine Books (hardcover and paperback simultaneously) · 1953

Ballantine's dual-format launch means both the cloth and the wraps are 1953 firsts; the cloth hardcover is generally treated as the senior first edition, with the simultaneous paperback collected as a co-first. The prior text is the magazine serial 'Gravy Planet.'

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-009499 for "The Space Merchants" by Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-009499, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).