The Shadow of the Torturer. Volume One of The Book of the New Sun

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth backed boards. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Remainder stamp to bottom edge. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. First volume in Wolfe's World Fantasy and Nebula award-winning series, The Book of the New Sun. Thomas M. Disch blurbed The Shadow of the Torture: “This Chronicle of Severian's apprenticeship to the Guild of Torturers is science fantasy on a par with the best of Le Guin or Moorcock. Wolfe's world of Urth is a reminder that Romantic was once a dangerous word. Dark, daunting, and thoroughly believable”.

Nice copy of a major work.