New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. First edition, Hardcover, SIGNED (label) Very Good in Very Good/Near Fine dust jacket,. Don Maitz. New York: Simon & Schuster:, 1980. First edition, Hardcover, SIGNED (label) Very Good in Very Good/Near Fine dust jacket, 303 pp.<br/> Cover artwork by: Don Maitz label, signed by the author, affixed to half-title page. Clean straight and tight with modest bump to upper rear tip, dusty, and lightly foxed head and fore-edge. Jacket complete with toning to extremities, very light chipping to upper and lower edges of front and rear panel, and light foxing to verso, spine panel with modest toning.

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The Shadow of the Torturer is a science fiction novel by Gene Wolfe, first released in 1980. It is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. Wolfe completed the series (in draft form) before the Shadow of the Torturer was published.

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Bookseller: Ziesings (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2308
Title: Shadow of the Torturer
Author: Wolfe, Gene
Illustrator: Don Maitz
Book Condition: Used - First edition, Hardcover, SIGNED (label) Very Good in Very Good/Near Fine dust jacket,
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0671253255
ISBN 13: 9780671253257
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1980

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