NMLP P-024873 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Man Who Japed

Philip K. Dick · Ace · 1956

The US Ace Double paperback original (D-193, December 1956) is the true first edition; the text was cut by roughly seventy-five typescript pages to fit the Ace Double format.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-024873 for "The Man Who Japed" by Philip K. Dick (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-024873, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).