The Bird of Time

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Overview:

Title: The Bird of Time
Author: George Alec Effinger
Year: 1986
ISBN-10: 0385192320
Publisher: Doubleday
Price: $12.95
Pages: 176
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Bird of Time
Notes:
- "First Edition", and no printing line, on copyright page.
- $12.95 price on front flap fold.
- "0486" (April 1986) on jacket back flap. PV3 also has gutter code "Q10" on bottom of page 175, which indicates a March 1986 printing.
- "Jacket by William Naegels" on rear flap. No visible signature on the artwork.
- After the last page is an unnumbered page, "Contest Results", that lists the correct answer and the 10 winners of a contest that Effinger included in his previous Doubleday science fiction novel, "The Nick of Time". The winners received autographed copies of "The Bird of Time".