Isaac Asimov
308 copies for sale · $20–$45,000 · 99 first editions · 17 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$42,000
The Naked Sun (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$12,500
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
Isaac Asimov 8 BOOK LOT Hardcover Sci-Fi Mystery Science Short Story Anthology (first edition, signed) — eBay$40
BEFORE THE GOLDEN AGE: A SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY OF THE 1930S (first edition, signed) — L. W. Currey$1,000
Isaac Asimov Nemesis 1989 First Edition Limited Edition Hardcover SF Novel (first edition, 1989) — eBay$27
ABC's of the OCean (first edition, signed) — B Street Books$175
The End of Eternity (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$3,500
The Beginning and the End Hardcover Book Isaac Asimov 1977 DJ First Edition (first edition, 1977) — eBay$30
I, Robot (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$45,000
Prelude to Foundation Isaac Asimov (First Edition, 1st Printing Hardcover) (first edition, 1988) — eBay$30
Works on the market
NEMESIS10 copies · $93–$123
FANTASTIC VOYAGE II; Destination Brain8 copies · $71–$138
FOUNDATION'S EDGE5 copies · $37–$500
FOUNDATION AND EARTH5 copies · $98–$178
ASIMOV'S MYSTERIES4 copies · $43–$123
BUY JUPITER, AND OTHER STORIES4 copies · $43–$48
THE ROBOTS OF DAWN3 copies · $76–$328
I, ROBOT3 copies · $45–$298
ASIMOV'S GUIDE TO SCIENCE3 copies · $47–$173
ROBOTS AND EMPIRE3 copies · $83–$173
PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION3 copies · $43–$83
MURDER AT THE ABA.; A Puzzle in Four Days & Sixty Scenes3 copies · $33–$68
FORWARD THE FOUNDATION3 copies · $43–$53
Foundation And Earth By Isaac Asimov, 1986, hardcover first edition,3 copies · $28–$50
ISAAC ASIMOV'S BOOK OF FACTS3 copies · $38–$47
I, Robot2 copies · $12,500–$45,000
I, Robot2 copies · $4,000–$4,950
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):
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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