The Shadow of the Torturer

The Simon & Schuster book-club edition of 1980 is the routine trap and is distinguished in the usual way for the period — the trade edition's number line and the flap price are the positive tests, so a copy lacking the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 line should be treated as a book-club or later printing; specific blind-stamp and flap-marking details were not confirmed against two independent sources and are therefore not asserted here. Later 'first thus' reissues that are not firsts include the Easton Press 1995 leather-bound Masterpieces of Science Fiction volume (burgundy leather, 22kt gold, Michael Mariano artwork) and the Shadow and Claw omnibus pairing this novel with The Claw of the Conciliator.