Notes: The title page has the subtitle "A Comedy of Biology and Manners" Book is dedicated "For Jane, Charlotte, Georgette, and Dorothy - long may they rule" (Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Sayers?) This special leatherbound, gilt-edged edition is part of the "Signed First Editions of SF" available by subscription only. "Number ___ of 1,225" on the signature/limitation page. Certificate of authenticity is dated 8/4/99 so earliest availability was probably September 1999. Collector's note about novel and author laid in. Brown moire endpapers, silk marker ribbon.