THE FOUNDATION TRILOGY, FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE, SECOND FOUNDATION, SIGNED
Gnome Press, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
Gnome Press, New York, 1951, 1952, and 1953
FIRST STATE of the First Edition, First Printings Fine/Near Fine FIRST STATE clean crisp books with Fine/Near Fine FIRST STATE jackets. Foundation is SIGNED by Isaac Asimov on his highly unique personal Foundation bookplate.
FOUNDATION:
Stated First Edition, First Printing, Signed by Isaac Asimov on one of his extremely scarce personal Foundation bookplates. Clean, bright book with a stunning Fine/near fine first state dust jacket, not price-clipped.
The book is in beautiful fine/near fine condition with blue cloth boards, with red titles to spine, and a galaxy image to front. Currey binding A boards. Signed by Asimov on one of his extremely scarce personal Foundation bookplates. The boards are in crisp condition, with clean cloth, sharp corners, with but one very tiny tip bump and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are without owner names or inscriptions, but have a slight bit of residual stain on the paste down. The front free end paper contains the extremely scarce signed unique Asimov "Foundation" bookplate signed by him "Isaac Asimov". The internal body pages are clean and flat with No marks, No stains, No writing, No inscriptions, No tears, No bent pages and No foxing. Beautiful clean crisp, highly collectible example of this title appearing as unread! Please see images.
The original extremely scarce first edition, first state dust jacket has benefited from very very slight expert paper restoration to the outer spine tips and presents in Fine condition. The jacket has strong vibrant colors, with even the spine still maintaining bright unfaded red titles. The jacket has No chips, No edgewear, No stains, No rubbing and No foxing. The reverse of the jacket has faint illegible pencil notations. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $2.75. Please see detailed images.
FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE:
Stated First Edition, First Printing: Clean, bright book with a Fine stunning First State dust jacket, not price-clipped.
The book is in near fine/fine beautiful crisp condition with red cloth boards with unfaded black titles to spine, and a galaxy image to front. Currey binding A boards. The boards have clean cloth with a bit of toning to the rear board. The book has sharp corners, one tiny tip bump, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The internal body pages are crisp and flat with No marks, No writing, No stains, and No foxing. The end papers are clean with no owner names and no inscriptions but one small inked number (likely a bookseller's number) on the front fly leaf. A beautiful example of this title, appearing as unread! Please see images.
The original extremely scarce first edition, first state dust jacket is in stunning condition with strong vibrant colors with even the rear panel being bright. The dust jacket has benefited from slight restoration to the spine tips by an expert paper conservator and presents as a near fine example. The jacket has No chips, No edgewear, No stains but to a few small areas on the underside of the jacket near the outer flap edges, otherwise No rubbing, No stains, No fading and No foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped, and has a stated price of $2.75. Please see detailed images.
SECOND FOUNDATION:
Stated First Edition, First Printing Clean, bright book with a Fine/near fine First state dust jacket, not price-clipped.
The book is in beautiful crisp Fine condition with light blue boards, with brown/red titles to spine. Currey binding A boards. The boards are in crisp condition, with clean cloth. The binding is tight and square. The book has sharp corners with one tip bump, and no edgewear. The end papers are clean and bright with no owner names, and no bookplates. The internal body pages are clean and flat with No marks, No stains, No writing, No bookplates, No tears, No bent pages and No foxing. Beautiful clean crisp, highly collectible example of this title. Please see images.
The original extremely scarce first edition, first state dust jacket is in stunning fine condition with strong vibrant colors. The dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration to the spine tips by an expert paper conservator. and has No chips, No edgewear, No stains, No rubbing and No foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped, and has a stated price of $2.75. Please see detailed images.
A handsome set of this trilogy consisting of first state books and stunning vibrant first state dust jackets. Foundation is signed by Isaac Asimov on his personal Foundation bookplate. “Asimov’s acclaimed Foundation Trilogy, was the winner of the 1966 Hugo Award for “Best All-Time Series.” Would make a wonderful gift and investment for an Asimov collector.
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