The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe - 1981: The Book of the New Sun First UK Hardcover Edition Set

The Shadow of the Torturer The Book of the New Sun Volume I by Gene Wolfe Hardcover First UK Edition - First Printing London: Sidgwick & Jackson UK, 1981 £7.95 (published in the US by Timescape/Simon & Schuster in 1980) Features wonderful dust jacket wrap-around artwork with Severian in cape with his sword Terminus Est in a dark futuristic landscape by Bruce Pennington. Still the best jacket artwork of any edition in my opinion. (Reportedly printed in 4000 hardcover copies of the Timescape Edition, probably no more than 1500 to 2000 copies in the UK.)

Nearly Fine in Fine- Dust Jacket, a beautiful copy with a couple of slight imperfections. Mainly, there is some stamping at the top of the page with the poem before the main text, really no big deal, although there are NO other signs this copy being an x-library. End-papers are clean and NO stamping on the edges of the text-block. There is a slight artificial stain on the right-hand edge of the text-block. Else boards are very clean and sharp, corners straight. The jacket is near-perfect save a hint of a crinkle to the upper spine, else a wonderful copy.

The Claw of the Conciliator The Book of the New Sun Volume II by Gene Wolfe Hardcover First UK Edition - First Printing London: Sidgwick & Jackson SF UK, 1981 £7.95 (published in the US by Timescape/Simon & Schuster) Features wonderful wrap-around dust jacket artwork by Bruce Pennington in a dark futuristic landscape. (Reportedly 6000 copies of the US trade hardcover edition, so probably around 2000 hardcover copies of this UK trade hardcover edition.)

Fine in Fine- Dust Jacket, a beautiful copy, the book itself is near-perfect, only a tiny hint of dings to the upper and lower front corner of the jacket, a hint of crinkling on the upper spine, and a bit of typical toning to the flaps of the jacket, else a really nice example.

The Sword of the Lictor The Book of the New Sun Volume III by Gene Wolfe Hardcover First UK Edition - First Printing London: Sidgwick & Jackson UK, 1982 Price-clipped jacket. (Published in the US by Timescape/Simon & Schuster in 1982) Features wonderful wrap-around dust jacket artwork bu Bruce Pennington. (Reportedly 6000 copies of the US trade hardcover edition, so probably around 2000 hardcover copies of this UK trade hardcover edition.)

Fine in Fine- Dust Jacket, a beautiful copy, the book itself is just about fine, and the dust jacket would be nearly perfect save a price-clip to the lower corner of the front-flap, and toning to the jacket flaps, else still a wonderful example.

The Citadel of the Autarch The Book of the New Sun Volume IV by Gene Wolfe Hardcover First UK Edition - First Printing London: Sidgwick & Jackson UK, 1983. Unpriced, probably for the export market. (Published in the US by Timescape/Simon & Schuster in 1983) Features wonderful wrap-around dust jacket artwork bu Bruce Pennington. (Reportedly 10,000 copies of the US trade hardcover edition, so probably no more than about 2000 to 3000 hardcover copies of this UK trade hardcover edition.)

Fine in Fine- Dust Jacket, a beautiful near-perfect copy, save toning to the jacket flaps, else an exceptional example.

NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.

ALSO: The pictures are of the actual items for sale. (The pictures are NOT stock photos.)