NMLP P-036621 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Killer's Choice / Cop Hater (87th Precinct)

Ed McBain (Evan Hunter) · Pocket Books / Permabooks (paperback originals) · 1956

The early 87th Precinct novels were Permabooks (a Pocket Books imprint) paperback originals — no hardcover precedes them in the US. Cop Hater (series #1), Permabooks M-3037, 1956, is a paperback original in wraps; the first printing shows the Perma imprint and catalog number with no later-printing statement

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-036621 for "Killer's Choice / Cop Hater (87th Precinct)" by Ed McBain (Evan Hunter) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036621, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).