Kirkusreviews.com gives publ date 2010-05-04 from contemporary review (-04-15 print) as archived
Copyright page specifies text (c) Rick Riordan
First edition
First printing per number line
Reinforced binding
Hieroglyph art by Michelle Gengaro-Kokmen
Back insider flap of dustjacket introduces Rick Riordan
Back flap also credits jacket design Joann Hill; jacket illustration (c) 2010 John Rocco
Priced higher in Canada
"Author's Note" pp 515-16 is fictional but its central paragraphs assure on points of fact, "The House of Life did exist, and was an important part of Egyptian society ..."; "The way the narrators portray Egyptian magic is also supported by archaeological evidence ..."
