# Is "The Village (novel)" by David Mamet a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Village (novel) by David Mamet (Little, Brown, 1994) is identified by: Little, Brown, 1994, Mamet's first novel, bound as an octavo in black quarter cloth over gray paper-covered boards with the title stamped in silver on the spine, running to 238 pages. US Little, Brown is the true first edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Little, Brown, 1994, Mamet's first novel, bound as an octavo in black quarter cloth over gray paper-covered boards with the title stamped in silver on the spine, running to 238 pages
- The first printing carries the number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page
- The first-issue photographic dust jacket shows a wintry scene in the woods on the front panel and a photograph of a smiling Mamet on the rear panel; the printed price appears on the front flap and should be present on a complete copy
- Publisher imprint reads Little, Brown
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | David Mamet |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
| Year | 1994 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Little, Brown, 1994, Mamet's first novel, bound as an octavo in black quarter cloth over gray paper-covered boards with the title stamped… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Little, Brown, 1994, Mamet's first novel, bound as an octavo in black quarter cloth over gray paper-covered boards with the title stamped in silver on the spine, running to 238 pages. The first printing carries the number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page. The first-issue photographic dust jacket shows a wintry scene in the woods on the front panel and a photograph of a smiling Mamet on the rear panel; the printed price appears on the front flap and should be present on a complete copy.

## Is this the true first?
US Little, Brown is the true first edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition is a factor for the identified first printing; an uncorrected advance proof exists in stiff printed wrappers and is a distinct pre-publication state, not the first edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Village (novel)* by David Mamet a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-village-novel
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.