# Is "The Bad Girl" by Mario Vargas Llosa a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007) is identified by: First American edition, first printing, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2007, in octavo (276 pages), translated by Edith Grossman. First English translation of Travesuras de la nina mala (Alfaguara, Madrid, 2006).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First American edition, first printing, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2007, in octavo (276 pages), translated by Edith Grossman
- The copyright page states 'First edition' with a number line descending to 1
- The binding is red boards lettered in silver on the spine
- The photographic dust jacket carries the image of the 'bad girl' on the front panel; a first-issue jacket should retain the printed price on the front flap and is not price-clipped
- Publisher imprint reads Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Mario Vargas Llosa |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Year | 2007 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First American edition, first printing, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First American edition, first printing, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2007, in octavo (276 pages), translated by Edith Grossman. The copyright page states 'First edition' with a number line descending to 1. The binding is red boards lettered in silver on the spine. The photographic dust jacket carries the image of the 'bad girl' on the front panel; a first-issue jacket should retain the printed price on the front flap and is not price-clipped.

## Is this the true first?
First English translation of Travesuras de la nina mala (Alfaguara, Madrid, 2006). The US Farrar, Straus and Giroux edition and the UK Faber & Faber edition both appeared in 2007; the two were set from Grossman's translation and are distinguished by imprint, jacket design, and priced flap (dollars vs pounds).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No notable book-club edition; identify the first by the FSG imprint, the stated 'First edition', the complete number line ending in 1, and the intact priced photographic jacket.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Bad Girl* by Mario Vargas Llosa a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-bad-girl
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.