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

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Ignored by Bentley Little (Signet, 1997) is identified by: Signet (New American Library) mass-market paperback original, ISBN 0451192583. The US Signet paperback original of June 1997 is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Signet (New American Library) mass-market paperback original, ISBN 0451192583
- The first printing states on the copyright page 'First Printing, June, 1997' above a full descending number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ending in 1, in pictorial wrappers
- Publisher imprint reads Signet
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Bentley Little |
| Publisher | Signet |
| Year | 1997 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Signet (New American Library) mass-market paperback original, ISBN 0451192583 |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Signet (New American Library) mass-market paperback original, ISBN 0451192583. The first printing states on the copyright page 'First Printing, June, 1997' above a full descending number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ending in 1, in pictorial wrappers.

## Is this the true first?
The US Signet paperback original of June 1997 is the true first. Cemetery Dance issued a later hardcover edition (2017), a first-thus, not the true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
N/A (paperback original); no book-club edition.

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