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Publication: The Shadow of the Torturer

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  • Publication: The Shadow of the TorturerPublication Record # 297624
  • Author: Gene Wolfe
  • Date: 1981-05-00
  • ISBN: 0-09-926320-3 [978-0-09-926320-3]
  • Publisher: Arrow Books
  • Price:
    £1.60?£: UK pound
  • Pages: 303
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Shadow of the Torturer (1981) • by Bruce Pennington
  • Notes:
    • "© Gene Wolfe 1980"
    • "First published in Great Britain by Sidgwick & Jackson 1981"
    • "Arrow edition 1981". Assumed 1st printing
    • Month is not stated, later printings note three 1981 Arrow printings, all of which postdated the Sidgwick hardcover in March; month used to place edition in correct chronological order
    • Cover/artist match in "Ultraterranium" by Bruce Pennington, page 89
  • External IDs:
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