# Is "The Burning" by Bentley Little a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Burning by Bentley Little (Signet, 2006) is identified by: Signet mass-market paperback original, published August 2006 (ISBN 0-451-21914-7, ISBN-13 978-0-451-21914-5). US paperback original; no prior trade edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Signet mass-market paperback original, published August 2006 (ISBN 0-451-21914-7, ISBN-13 978-0-451-21914-5)
- The first printing is identified by a full descending number line ending in 1 on the copyright page
- No prior trade hardcover was issued by the publisher
- Publisher imprint reads Signet
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Bentley Little |
| Publisher | Signet |
| Year | 2006 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Signet mass-market paperback original, published August 2006 (ISBN 0-451-21914-7, ISBN-13… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Signet mass-market paperback original, published August 2006 (ISBN 0-451-21914-7, ISBN-13 978-0-451-21914-5). The first printing is identified by a full descending number line ending in 1 on the copyright page. No prior trade hardcover was issued by the publisher.

## Is this the true first?
US paperback original; no prior trade edition. The Signet paperback is the true first edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
A large-print/book-club hardcover (ISBN 0739473352, also seen as 978-0-7394-7335-1) exists but is a book-club/library edition, not the true first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Burning* by Bentley Little a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-burning
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.