NMLP P-037855 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Shrinking Man

Richard Matheson · Gold Medal Books (Fawcett Publications), New York — Gold Medal s577 · 1956

CENSUS CLAIM CORRECTED. The paperback-original claim holds: the true first is the Gold Medal (Fawcett) paperback original, catalogue number s577, first printing May 1956, with the copyright page stating "First Printing, May 1956" — this dating is independently corroborated by the ISFDB title record (1956-05)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-037855 for "The Shrinking Man" by Richard Matheson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037855, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).