2 David Goodis first editions are documented on this shelf, from Cassidy's Girl (1951) to Down There (Shoot the Piano Player) (1956) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that David Goodis 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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Cassidy's Girl — 1951 · Gold Medal BooksTrue first is the paperback original, Fawcett Gold Medal #195 (1951), the printed price. Paperback wraps; no hardcover precedes it. Gold Medal logo and number 195. One of Gold Medal's biggest early sellers; first printing has the original price and no later-printing statement. Paperback is the true first. Goodis wrote many Gold Medal/paperback originals; this is among his most collected. Modern reprints are first-thus only. No book-club edition. First Gold Medal #195 printing has the printed price and no later-printing line; later Fawcett printings raise the price and add printing data.
Down There (Shoot the Piano Player) — 1956 · Gold Medal BooksTrue first is the paperback original, Fawcett Gold Medal #957 (1956), the printed price, titled 'Down There.' Paperback wraps; no hardcover precedes it. Basis for Truffaut's 'Shoot the Piano Player'; later reissued under that title (tie-in). First printing has the original price and no later-printing statement. Paperback is the true first. Retitled 'Shoot the Piano Player' for the film (post-1960); those editions are reprints/first-thus. No book-club edition. The Gold Medal #957 titled 'Down There' is the true first; 'Shoot the Piano Player' retitlings postdate the film.

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