# Is "Maya's Notebook" by Isabel Allende a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende (HarperCollins, 2013) is identified by: US HarperCollins first edition of 2013 (ISBN 978-0-06-210562-2), with a full descending number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and the stated 'FIRST EDITION' line; issued in a dust jacket that should retain its printed price. First English-language edition of El cuaderno de Maya (Barcelona, 2011).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- US HarperCollins first edition of 2013 (ISBN 978-0-06-210562-2), with a full descending number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and the stated 'FIRST EDITION' line; issued in a dust jacket that should retain its printed price
- Translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean, not Margaret Sayers Peden
- Publisher imprint reads HarperCollins
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Isabel Allende |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Year | 2013 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | US HarperCollins first edition of 2013 (ISBN 978-0-06-210562-2), with a full descending… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
US HarperCollins first edition of 2013 (ISBN 978-0-06-210562-2), with a full descending number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and the stated 'FIRST EDITION' line; issued in a dust jacket that should retain its printed price. Translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean, not Margaret Sayers Peden.

## Is this the true first?
First English-language edition of El cuaderno de Maya (Barcelona, 2011). The US HarperCollins edition (ISBN 978-0-06-210562-2) is the true first in English; the HarperCollins Canada issue (ISBN 978-1-44341-329-9), also translated by Anne McLean, is a separate simultaneous English printing and not the US first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No notable book-club edition affecting first-edition identification; confirm the US HarperCollins ISBN and the number line ending in 1 rather than relying on the Canadian or UK Fourth Estate issues.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Maya's Notebook* by Isabel Allende a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/mayas-notebook
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.