2 William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Exterminator (1960) to The Third Mind (1978) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin 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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The Exterminator — 1960 · The Auerhahn PressWrappers, Auerhahn Press, San Francisco; the eighth Auerhahn title, in roughly 1,000 copies. Printed white wrappers lettered in red and black with a Brion Gysin calligraphic design in green. Co-authored with Brion Gysin and distinct from Burroughs' later, unrelated 'Exterminator!' (1973). True first is the 1960 Auerhahn wrappered original. A small signed/limited issue with original Gysin artwork also exists. No book club edition.
The Third Mind — 1978 · Viking PressUS first English-language edition, cloth in dust jacket, 194 pages with black-and-white illustrations; states first published 1978 with number line. The French 'Oeuvre croisee' (Flammarion, 1976) precedes it in French. The French 'Oeuvre croisee' (Flammarion, 1976) is the true first; the 1978 Viking Press hardcover is the first English-language edition. No book club.

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