Foundation; Foundation and Empire; Second Foundation.
$13,458 · Offered by Biblio
First edition
New York: Gnome Press,, 1951-52-53. Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right First editions, with all first issue points. A monumental work of science fiction, the Foundation Trilogy won the special Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series in 1966, beating Heinlein's Future History series and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. The trilogy appeared as a series of short stories and novellas in Astounding Science-Fiction magazine between May 1942 and January 1950. It remained a trilogy for nearly 30 years, until Asimov's publishers persuaded him to return to the story. He wrote two sequels and two prequels, but it is this core trilogy that stands alongside I, Robot (1950) as Asimov's crowning achievement. The first issue points are: Foundation is bound in cloth (sheets measuring 20.3 x 13.5 x 1.9 cm bulk); Foundation and Empire is bound in red boards lettered in black with the publisher's imprint on the spine measuring 2.2 cm across (not 2.8 cm), the sheets measuring 1.8 cm across (not 2.3 cm), and with the dust jacket printed in four colours rather than only blue and black; Second Foundation is bound in blue boards lettered in brown. Three works, octavo. Currey's A bindings and jackets. Foundation: original blue cloth, spine lettered in red, galaxy motif on front cover in red; Foundation and Empire: original red boards, spine lettered in black, galaxy motif on front cover in black; Second Foundation: original light blue boards, spine lettered in brown. With dust
- Year: 1951
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: hardcover
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