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

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The House by Bentley Little (Signet, 1999) is identified by: Signet mass-market paperback original (ISBN 0451192249), April 1999. US paperback original; Signet PBO is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Signet mass-market paperback original (ISBN 0451192249), April 1999
- First printing carries the Signet/NAL 'First Printing' statement on the copyright page with a descending number line ending in 1
- Publisher imprint reads Signet
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Bentley Little |
| Publisher | Signet |
| Year | 1999 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Signet mass-market paperback original (ISBN 0451192249), April 1999 |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Signet mass-market paperback original (ISBN 0451192249), April 1999. First printing carries the Signet/NAL 'First Printing' statement on the copyright page with a descending number line ending in 1.

## Is this the true first?
US paperback original; Signet PBO is the true first. A book-club hardcover (ISBN 073940251X) also exists and is not the true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book-club hardcover exists; the mass-market PBO is the collectible first.

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