NMLP P-036624 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

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

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

For these early 87th Precinct titles the US Permabooks paperback original is the true first; later hardcover, collected, and omnibus editions are 'first thus' only. Cop Hater (Perma M-3037, 1956) and Killer's Choice (Perma M-3108, 1958) are different novels and should be catalogued separately. The first British/first hardcover editions (T. V. Boardman) followed the US PBOs and are separately collected.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036624 for "Killer's Choice / Cop Hater (87th Precinct)" by Ed McBain (Evan Hunter) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036624, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).