Notes
- "First Edition: December 1987" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"
- No price on dustjacket (back or inner flap), taken from Locus1
- Munson's essay is credited as "Introduction by Donald Munson" on the title page and as "Introduction: Michael Whelan by Don Munson" on the contents page and ©1987 Random House, Inc on the copyright page.
- Foreword is credited to Isaac Asimov on contents and appearance page, but ©1987 Nightfall, Inc. on copyright page.
- The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1987), the ISBN (0-345-32679-2), and the LCCN: 87-1115 which has no record on the LoC website. There is a record for LCCN 87-1475 which matches this publication except that the price is given as $16.95.
- "Editor: Shelly Shapiro" (over) "Interior and Jacket Design: Michaelis/Carpelis Design Associates, Inc." (over) "Title Handlettering: Ray Barber" (over) "Director of Production: Fred Dodnick" stated on unnumbered page [111].
- "Jacket painting: Michael Whelan" (over) "Jacket design: Michaelis/Carpelis Design Associates" (over) "Handlettering by Ray Barber" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket
The basic layout of the book is left-facing page has a small version of the book itself accompanied by a brief discussion of either the art, the book, or how the image came about, accompanied in most cases by at least one sketch or study with the right-facing page featuring the artwork used for that particular book.
