The Shadow of the Torturer

Census claim confirmed. The US Simon & Schuster edition of 1980 is the true first and precedes the first UK edition, Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1981 (ISBN 0-283-98738-3, 304pp, wraparound jacket art by Bruce Pennington). Both are collected: the S&S is the true first, while the Sidgwick & Jackson is reported to have been printed in a small quantity and is sought in its own right — but it does not precede and must not be catalogued as a first edition without the 'first UK edition' qualifier. The novel won the 1981 World Fantasy Award for best novel.