The Book of the New Sun - Folio Society

[slayn666]

Here's something that may help ease the pain of not owning the Centipede Press editions of Gene Wolfe's masterpiece.

https://www.foliosociety.com/usa/the...e-new-sun.html

To be clear, that price tag is still going to hurt, but honestly it's not a bad price if you break it down on a per-book basis, and while 750 is a pretty generous limitation, anything signed by Gene is likely only going to go up in value now.

[mhatchett]

Nice looking set!

[Sock Monkey]

That does look nice! Not familiar with the books or with Wolfe's writing so probably not gonna pull the trigger.

Caught this detail: Shortly before his death, he signed the limitation labels for each of the 750 hand-numbered copies.

Maybe I'm wrong, but this would be considered a signed bookplate, correct?

[slayn666]

That does look nice! Not familiar with the books or with Wolfe's writing so probably not gonna pull the trigger.

Caught this detail: Shortly before his death, he signed the limitation labels for each of the 750 hand-numbered copies.

Maybe I'm wrong, but this would be considered a signed bookplate, correct?

Technically yes, but it's a bookplate created specifically for this edition and will contain the number for each set, so it probably shouldn't be viewed any differently than a standard signature page.

[WebInterceptor]

Technically yes, but it's a bookplate created specifically for this edition and will contain the number for each set, so it probably shouldn't be viewed any differently than a standard signature page.

Here is a review from someone : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmh-n9_k0jM&t=300s. It is numbered on each label. I think the books look outstanding. At any rate it got sold out over the weekend and on checking in ebay, it's already being sold at almost 1k$.