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New York, NY: Doubleday Science Fiction. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. various editions. Hardcover. Cover Art; Complete Set of the Uniform Edition (published after Gnome Press released the copyright). The First and Third volumes are early printings with the code I51 (both published in 1967) , the Second volume is a first printing thus with a code of E29. The books are all in Near Fine condition and have Very Good+ or Very Good dust jackets (vol. 1 & 2 Very Good, Vol. 3 is Very Good+). The books and their contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The foredges of the text block of both volumes One and Two have toning. The dust jackets to Foundation and Foundation and Empire have some light edgewear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. Foundation and Empire has spots of rubbing / discoloration to the top rear panel). Dust jacket prices are as follows: $4.50, $3.50 and, $3.95." The premise of the stories is that in…

Foundation is a seminal work of science fiction by Isaac Asimov. It is the first published installment of the Foundation series. The story unfolds over several centuries and follows the efforts of the psychohistorian Hari Seldon to preserve knowledge and culture in the face of the fall of the Galactic Empire.