2 Charles Williams first editions are documented on this shelf, from A Touch of Death (1953) to Hell Hath No Fury (The Hot Spot) (1953) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Charles Williams title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.
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- A Touch of Death — 1953 · Gold Medal BooksTrue first is the paperback original, Fawcett Gold Medal #s725 (1953). Paperback wraps; no hardcover precedes it. Gold Medal logo and number; first printing carries the original price and no later-printing line. Paperback is the true first. Charles Williams was a quintessential Gold Medal PBO author; nearly all his early titles are paperback firsts. No book-club edition. Distinguish the Gold Medal first printing from later Fawcett printings (higher price, printing statement).
- Hell Hath No Fury (The Hot Spot) — 1953 · Gold Medal BooksTrue first is the paperback original, Fawcett Gold Medal #286 (1953), the printed price. Paperback wraps only. Gold Medal logo and number 286; basis for the film 'The Hot Spot.' First printing has the original price and no later-printing statement. Paperback is the true first. Reissued as 'The Hot Spot' (film tie-in, after 1990); tie-in editions are reprints/first-thus. No book-club edition. The Gold Medal #286 titled 'Hell Hath No Fury' is the true first; 'The Hot Spot' retitlings postdate the 1990 film.
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