Dragon's Egg

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Overview:

Title: Dragon's Egg
Author: Robert L. Forward
Year: 1980
ISBN-10: 0345286464
Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine
Price: $9.95
Pages: 345
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: Dragon's Egg
Notes:
- "First Edition: May 1980" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10".
- The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the ISBN (0-345-28646-4), and the LCCN (79-21269).
- "Cover Painting: Darrell K. Sweet" (over) "Jacket Design: Ann Silver" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
- Code "5/80" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket (May 1980)
- The novel ends on page 320, followed by a "Technical Appendix" which are "...selected extracts from the 2064 Edition of Del Rey's Science Encyclopedia, published by Random House Interplanetary, New York, Earth."