The Claw of the Conciliator
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Overview:
- Title: The Claw of the Conciliator
- Author: Gene Wolfe
- Year: 1993
- Publisher: The Easton Press
- Pages: ix+301
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: The Claw of the Conciliator
- Notes:
- "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
- "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1993 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication.
- This is a limited edition of an unknown number of copies and was available by subscription only.
- One of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series, indicated by the logo printed on the endpapers.
- No ISBN, no printed price, and no dustjacket as issued.
- The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back.
- Pages are gilt-edged and there is a gold satin bookmark bound into the book.
- Unusual for the series, the frontispiece, credited on the title page and copyright page, is a double-page spread. It is on the two pages preceding the title page.
- "Collector's Notes" (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
- This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1981 Timescape edition, including the Appendix, but omitting the "About the Author" bio which appears on that edition's page 303.
- Verified copy was purchased for approximately $45.00 from the publisher.