Special Edition
The second edition published by Underwood–Miller comprised "550 signed and numbered copies". It was published eight months after the regular hardcover edition.
For its sequel Rhialto the Marvellous (1984), the special edition by Brandywyne Books ("Slipcased, signed and limited to 1000 copies") preceded by three months the regular hardcover edition by Timescape Books. Fabian and Johnson were the two cover artists in both instances.
In the articles about both books, the upper-right inset provides bibliographic data for both editions.
The first and last books published by Underwood-Miller (1976 and 1994) were special editions of the first Dying Earth book. Underwood later did a special edition of the second book under the new title The Laughing Magician (1998).
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