The Shadow of the Torturer by Wolfe Gene, Signed (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Don Maitz (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. First printing with a full number sequence from 10-1 on the copyright page. Quarter gray cloth with red lettering and gray paper covered boards. Complete illustrated jacket by Don Maitz. This copy being signed and briefly inscribed by Gene on the title page. Inscription reads- " To Alice and Mike- Gene Wolfe ". Alice and Mike Bentley were a, at one time, the owners of the famous " Stars Our Destination " sci-fi/fantasy bookstore in Chicago. Neat association as they were friends of Gene. An ever so slight cock and minimal edge wear to the jacket so a very good copy in a like wrapper. A nice copy of an important book signed. 303 pp. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Don Maitz dj art (illustrator). 1st Edition 1st Printing. The dust jacket is unclipped ($11.95). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 number line. Signed by the author and the artist on the title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Don Maitz (illustrator). First Edition. First printing with number line to 1. Signed by Gene Wolfe at the title page. Green papered boards over grey quarter cloth with bronze spine titling; boards good, toned to top and bottom margins, with a few light stains. Forward spine slant. Binding sound. Dust jacket good in Mylar, tanned and edgeworn, with creasing along top edge of back panel, tape reinforcement behind spine head and top fore-edge corner of rear panel. Top edge of textblock a little dusty. Endsheets toned to margins. Text bright and unmarked. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Don Maitz (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Gently read copy with crease to front dustjacket flap. ; Gene Wolfe signature laid in. Full number line. $11.95 price intact on dust jacket. Dust jacket art by Don Maitz. ; The Book Of The New Sun, 1; 303 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: AN. Collector's Edition. As new in shrink wrap. No dust jacket as issued. Full leather binding with gilt titles, decorations, and all edges; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: NF. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 303 pages; Signed by Author. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. The first book in Wolfe's legendary "The Book of the New Sun" Series. Winner of the BFSA and World Fantasy Award and nominated for the Nebula and Locus award. This series has gain a highly dedicated fanbase since its release and is often referred to as the "Ulysses" of Science Fiction. A near fine book, some dust staining on top and some glue residue from binding visible at the bottom of the spine. Book seems unread and inscribed; "to Joel Turner a budding SF fan - Gene Wolfe". A near fine DJ with brodart cover.

First edition in this form and with these illustrations. Limited edition. Signed by the author, illustrator and Neil Gaiman. Four volumes. Publisher's three-quarter black buckram blocked with titles in red foil to the spine. Purple cloth front boards printed with designs in black and red by Sam Weber. Black page edges. Set in Jenson with Priori Serif display and printed on Abbey Pure Rough paper. Printed in two colours throughout. Each volume with decorative initial letters, a colour frontispiece, a double-page illustration and three black and white full-page plates by Sam Weber. The illustrations are printed on Natural Evolution Ivory paper. Housed in the publisher's original handmade cloth slipcase blocked on two sides in pale gold foil with designs by the illustrator and lined with silver mirrored paper. A fine set. Issued in a limited edition of 750 numbered copies of which this example is number 202 and signed by the author Gene Wolfe, the illustrator Sam Weber and Neil Gaiman who contributes the introduction. A superb collected edition of Gene Wolfe's science fiction tetralogy. First published by Sidgwick and Jackson between 1980 and 1983, each of the four books was the recipient of at least one major science fiction award. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. First edition thus (& 1st printing). The first four volumes in THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN - THE SHADOW OF THE TORTURER, THE CLAW OF THE CONCILIATOR, THE SWORD OF THE LICTOR and THE CITADEL OF THE AUTARCH. Introduction by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Sam Weber. Four volumes, each three-quarter bound in black buckram blocked in red foil; cloth front boards printed with designs by the illustrator; LIMITED EDITION: 750 numbered sets signed by the author Gene Wolfe, Neil Gaiman, and illustrator. As new set of four volumes (as issued without ustjacket) in slipcase (as new).63.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Gene Wolfe on a laid in signature. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is rich in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing of each of the four volumes of The Book of the New Sun, signed by Gene Wolfe on each title page and inscribed to former owners in the first and second volumes. With the limited edition of The Castle of the Otter, #94 of 100 copies, signed on the title page and also signed and numbered by Wolfe on the limitation page at rear. 303; 301; 301; 317; 117 pp. New Sun volumes bound in publisher's paper-covered boards over spine cloth lettered in variously colored gilt. Otter bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering; blank bookplate by cover artist Stephen Fabian laid in. Near Fine with light shelfwear and very light sunning to board edges and spines. Toning to Torturer endpapers, light foxing to upper edge of Autarch textblock. In Near Fine dust jackets with light soiling visible in paler areas, very light wear and toning to extremities, and a few creases to flaps; tiny chip to rear flap of Torturer. A carefully assembled and preserved set comprising Gene Wolfe's four-volume magnum opus and the accompanying volume of essays about its publication.