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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1952. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the front free end paper and inscribed "To John Zola who thought I'd run out". Bound in publisher's original blue cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in white. Near Fine with toning to edges of boards and pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with minor wear at the extremities, light soiling, browning to the blindside.

Set in the future during the prelude to an interstellar war, 'The Currents of Space' is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, which is part of his Galactic Empire series and deals with themes of social injustice, memory, and intelligence.

First editions of 'The Currents of Space' can be identified by looking for the publisher's name, Doubleday, on the title page and checking the copyright date for 1952 without any mention of subsequent printings or editions.