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Octavo, cloth. First edition, first printing. The first volume of the Foundation series, awarded a special Hugo in 1966 for best all-time series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-46. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 819-31. Owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Several spots and stains to page edges, a very good copy in very good dust jacket (priced $2.75 on the front flap) with rubbing at spine ends and corner tips, 10 mm chip along rear flap fold, and some some damp spots to spine panel with no show through on outer surface. (#172587).

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.