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Cygnet collected edition copyright © 2007 by Patricia A. McKillip.
The Sorceress and the Cygnet copyright © 1991 by Patricia A. McKillip.
The Cygnet and the Firebird copyright © 1993 by Patricia A. McKillip.
Cover illustration by John Howe. Cover design by Judith Lagerman. Text design by Kristin del Rosario.

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PRINTING HISTORY
The Sorceress and the Cygnet, Ace hardcover edition / May 1991
The Sorceress and the Cygnet, Ace mass-market edition / January 1992
The Cygnet and the Firebird, Ace hardcover edition / September 1993
The Cygnet and the Firebird, Ace mass-market edition / September 1995
Ace trade paperback edition / March 2007

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McKillip, Patricia A.
    [Sorceress and the cygnet]
    Cygnet / Patricia A. McKillip.
      p. cm.
    ISBN-13 978-0-441-01483-5
    1. Magic—fiction. I. McKillip, Patricia A. Cygnet and the Firebird. II. Title.
 
  PS3563.C38S67 2007
  813'.54—dc22

2006047653

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