NMLP P-029938 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Thinner

Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) · NAL Books (New American Library) · 1984

The first state is the pre-revelation Bachman-bylined NAL hardcover. Thinner was the only original Bachman title first issued in hardcover; the earlier Bachman novels were paperback originals.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-029938 for "Thinner" by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-029938, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).