The story was originally written by Le Guin when she was 19 (and still Ursula Kroeber), but not published until much later.
- Limited edition of 277 copies: 250 numbered plus 27 lettered and reserved for "private distribution".
- All copies signed by both Le Guin and Austin.
- Interior art consists of 5 full-page drawings, 4 smaller drawings (giraffe, milt, horse, giraffe), and identical front and back 2-page endpapers.
- The "Foreword" really is spelled "Forward".
- The page is continuous from Roman numerals through regular numbers, i.e. p. viii is followed by p. 9, hence the Roman numerals are not included separately in the page count. Unnumbered p. 33 is blank, p. 34 is the colophon, p. 35 is the signature page with a larger version of the circular giraffe illustration from the title page; p. 36 its also blank.
- Above the title is "Adventures in Kroy"
- A card 103 × 68 mm is pasted to the front boards; a identical card protected in folded tracing paper was included inside the book. Runes are written around the card.
- Publication Date from the publisher's log book in the Cheap Street Collection in the Rare Books Department of Tulane University.
