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Gene Wolfe (2019) The Book of the New Sun , signed limited edition set, published in the UK by the Folio Society. Limited to 750 copies of which this is no 55. Signed by author Gene Wolfe, introducer Neil Gaiman, and by the illustrator Sam Weber. Condition: fine with no issues whatsoever. Production details according to the publisher: Four volumes, each three-quarter bound in black buckram blocked in red foil Cloth front boards printed with designs by the illustrator Black page edges Set in Jenson with Priori Serif display and printed on Abbey Pure Rough paper Decorative initial letters designed by the illustrator Printed in two colours throughout 1,196 pages of text in total Colour frontispiece and double-page illustration in each volume Three black and white full-page plates in each volume Illustrations printed on Natural Evolution Ivory paper Handmade cloth-bound slipcase blocked on two sides in pale gold foil with designs by the illustrator and lined with silver mirrored paper Each volume 10˝ � 6�˝ First and Fine.

The Book of the New Sun is a series of four science fantasy novels or one four-volume novel written by American author Gene Wolfe. It inaugurated the so-called 'Solar Cycle' that Wolfe continued by setting other works in the same universe. Narrated by Severian, a disgraced journeyman torturer who rises to the position of Autarch, the story involves themes of time travel, theology, and the nature of reality.