"First Edition" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".
The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1983), the ISBN (0-312-53182-6), and the LCCN (83-2896).
Month of publication from Science Fiction Review #47 (Summer 1983). Confirmed by the listing in Locus #272 (September 1983). Locus1 says Aug. 1983.
This book is labeled a novel on the cover but is a collection of separately copyrighted short fiction. There is a table of contents, and all of the stories but one were previously published. Only the short introductory piece "The Fire-Bringer" is new and not individually noted on the copyright page.
