NMLP P-002902 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Mailman

Bentley Little · Onyx (Signet/NAL) · 1991

The US Onyx paperback original is the first edition available at retail; the novel was published directly into paperback rather than preceded by any trade hardcover. Cemetery Dance later issued a first-thus hardcover reprint decades afterward.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-002902 for "The Mailman" by Bentley Little (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-002902, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).