Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Gutter # Q 37. Foxing on the edges. Text is clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
The second volume of "The Book of the New Sun". The torturer Severian continues his journey of exile to the city Thrax, carrying with him the ancient executioner's sword and the Claw of the Conciliator, a gem of extraterrestrial power and beauty which no one man is meant to possess.