Illustrated limitation page appearing on the last page before the back loose endpaper bears the statement "The edition is limited to 300 signed and numbered copies. This is copy" below which the number of the copy is printed in a much larger font. This is followed by the signatures of Michael Swanwick (the introducer), John Pelan (the editor and author of the afterword), and Jacob McMurray (the cover designer).
"October 2013" stated on the copyright page
The price is not stated in the book. Copies from the publisher came shrink-wrapped with a sticker on the back printing the barcoded ISBN and the price of $100.00. There was also a sticker printing the number of the copy.
"The Collected Short Fiction" (over) "Volume 1" (over) "Introduction by Michael Swanwick" (over) "Edited, with an afterword, by John Pelan" stated on the title page.
A full-page photograph of the author appears on page [6] facing the introduction's title page.
The double-spread title page, the contents page, the introduction, and the afterword are printed on differently colored pages.
There is a place-keeping ribbon (orange satin) bound into the book. The book is fully clothbound.
The publisher later dropped the price to $60.00 for direct sales. After the signed, numbered copies were sold, they offered the remaining unsigned copies for $45.00. (Source: an email from the publisher on 2014-03-23.)
