Isaac Asimov
366 copies for sale · $20–$45,000 · 166 first editions · 29 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Caves of Steel (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$15,000
The Naked Sun (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$12,500
Pebble in the Sky (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$4,500
Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$3,500
The Currents of Space (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
In Memory Yet Green - The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov 1920 - 1954 (first edition, signed, 1979) — Biblio$270
Murder at the ABA: A puzzle in four days and sixty scenes (Signed) (first edition, signed, 1976) — Biblio$250
BEFORE THE GOLDEN AGE: A SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY OF THE 1930S (first edition, signed) — L. W. Currey$1,000
IN MEMORY YET GREEN: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC ASIMOV 1920-1954 (first edition, signed) — L. W. Currey$350
ABC's of the OCean (first edition, signed) — B Street Books$175
Have You Seen These (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$175
I, Robot (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$45,000
What these are worth
The Gods Themselves5 copies from 5 sellers
The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov (1983, Hardcover) First Edition… (1983)4 copies from 4 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
NEMESIS10 copies · $93–$123
FANTASTIC VOYAGE II; Destination Brain9 copies · $20–$138
FOUNDATION AND EARTH6 copies · $99–$600
FOUNDATION'S EDGE6 copies · $37–$500
THE ROBOTS OF DAWN6 copies · $45–$350
BUY JUPITER AND OTHER STORIES5 copies · $25–$48
ROBOTS AND EMPIRE4 copies · $83–$350
PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION4 copies · $43–$275
ASIMOV'S GUIDE TO SCIENCE4 copies · $20–$173
Robots Of Dawn Isaac Asimov First Edition Hardcover 1983 Doubleday4 copies · $30–$150
ASIMOV'S MYSTERIES4 copies · $43–$123
GODS THEMSELVES By Isaac Asimov - Hardcover4 copies · £45–£100
PEBBLE IN THE SKY3 copies · $46–$850
FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE3 copies · $37–$200
FOUNDATION3 copies · $36–$109
MURDER AT THE ABA3 copies · $35–$100
THE NEW INTELLIGENT MAN'S GUIDE TO SCIENCE3 copies · $20–$81
MURDER AT THE ABA.; A Puzzle in Four Days & Sixty Scenes3 copies · $33–$68
ASIMOV'S CHRONOLOGY OF THE WORLD By Isaac Asimov - Hardcover3 copies · $41–$64
Market context
200 copies of Isaac Asimov's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $54 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Prelude To Foundation, first edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author, New York, 19 (forum, 2026-09-30)£300
Foundation, first English edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1953. (forum, 2026-09-30)£320
Foundation, first English edition, 1953. (forum, 2026-07-02)£340
The Naked Sun, first English edition, 1958; and others, science-fiction (16) (forum, 2026-04-23)£220
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