Notes: "First Edition: September 1998". The copyright is assigned for the year 1998 to the author. Includes biographical references. First printing per no. line. The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is printed on the copyright page. The cover photograph is credited to Claire Hayden/Tony Stone Images with the 1999 edition. The cover design is credited to Henry Sene Yee. Frontispiece: The Inferno, Giraudon/Art Resource. The interior design is credited to Jennifer Ann Daddio. The introduction is printed on two unnumbered pages before page 1. Data retrieved from OCLC/WorldCat and Amazon's Look Inside feature.