2 Robert Charles Wilson first editions are documented on this shelf, from Mysterium (1994) to Spin (2005) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Robert Charles Wilson 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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Mysterium — 1994 · Bantam SpectraUS Bantam Spectra trade paperback original, April 1994 (ISBN 0-553-37365-X; 9780553373653), octavo in pictorial wrappers, 276 pages. The first printing is identified by the full descending number line ending in 1 on the copyright page, with no added printing statement. There is no dust jacket, as this was issued as a paperback original. Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award for 1994 (presented 1995). The US Bantam Spectra paperback original (1994) is the true first; there was no true preceding US hardcover trade edition. Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award for 1994 (presented 1995). Listings tagged hardcover at the same ISBN are generally library-bound or rebound copies, not a separate first hardcover. Later reissues are reprints and lack the first-printing number line ending in 1.
Spin — 2005 · Tor Books / Tom Doherty AssociatesFirst Tor hardcover, 2005, stating 'First Edition' on the copyright page with the printer's key present; the first printing carries the complete number line ending in 1. Black cloth boards with pink spine lettering; issued in the black pictorial dust jacket with white cover and spine titles, the printed price present and unclipped on the front flap. 364 pages. Winner of the 2006 Hugo Award for Best Novel. The US Tor 2005 hardcover is the true first. The UK Orbit edition is a separate, later issue. The Science Fiction Book Club edition is a separate book-club issue: no printed price on the jacket, blind-stamp (gutter code) on the rear board, and it lacks the Tor number line. Confirm the trade jacket with its intact printed price and the stated 'First Edition' with the number line ending in 1.

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