# Is "Forest of the Pygmies" by Isabel Allende a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Forest of the Pygmies by Isabel Allende (HarperCollins, 2005) is identified by: US HarperCollins first edition of 2005, identified by a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page. First English-language edition of El bosque de los pigmeos (2004); third book in the Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar young-adult trilogy, following City of the Beasts and Kingdom of the Golden Dragon.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- US HarperCollins first edition of 2005, identified by a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page
- Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden
- Issued in cloth-backed boards with a pictorial dust jacket; a first-issue jacket should retain its printed price to the front flap
- Publisher imprint reads HarperCollins
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Isabel Allende |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Year | 2005 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | US HarperCollins first edition of 2005, identified by a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
US HarperCollins first edition of 2005, identified by a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Issued in cloth-backed boards with a pictorial dust jacket; a first-issue jacket should retain its printed price to the front flap.

## Is this the true first?
First English-language edition of El bosque de los pigmeos (2004); third book in the Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar young-adult trilogy, following City of the Beasts and Kingdom of the Golden Dragon. The US HarperCollins edition is the true first in English.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No notable book-club edition affecting the first-edition identification; later printings advance the number line so that it no longer terminates in 1.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Forest of the Pygmies* by Isabel Allende a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/forest-of-the-pygmies
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.