Books

Signed. First Edition. FIRST edition stated on copyright page, "B" binding (20.3x12.5cm sheets, bulk 1.4cm across top). Dust Jacket is not price-clipped and is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector with minor wear/chipping to the extremities, later issue with next two Foundation books listed on the rear flap. Navy cloth cover with red lettering. SIGNED and inscribed by Asimov on the front free endpaper: "For John Zola / who doesn't do / things by halves / Isaac Asimov" (Zola was a fan who brought up a large stack of books to be signed at Worldcon 14 at the Biltmore Hotel in New York City on September 2, 1956). Pages are tanned and clean. A copy in near FINE condition.

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.