Deathbird Stories

Notes

On copyright page: "First Edition" (as noted by Currey), "Copyright (c) 1975 by Harlan Ellison", "Book designed by C. Linda Dingler" and ISBN. Month from '0275' on the front flap "Jacket design by Leo and Diane Dillon" on jacket back flap. Wraparound cover artwork is signed "L+D.Dillon" near bottom left rear corner Book has 1 or 2 sentence intro to each story on page before number in TOC. Book has "Caveat Lector" note on page iii (unnumbered) Book has 3 quotations on page xii (unnumbered) Book has 3 paragraph quotation from letter to Leo Tolstoy by George Bernard Shaw on page xi (unnumbered) Book has T.S. Elliot quotation on page 297 (as part of the story) Book has Ambrose Bierce quotation on page 335 (unnumbered). Acknowledgments on page vii (unnumbered) Numberline at bottom right of very last unnumbered page 75 76 77 78 79 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 [indicating first printing, 1975].