"First Trade Edition" with no number line. Alfred A. Knopf method of identifying first printings
"Jacket design by Chip Kidd" (over) date code "1199" on rear flap of jacket
"A signed first edition of this book has been privately printed by The Franklin Library" (Date of Publication: 1999-12-01 per USA copyright registration TX0005134596)
The "Introduction - Science at the End of the Century" begins on page vii
The novel ends on page 444. "Acknowledgments" and a "Bibliography" follow
