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First printing of first edition. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with light edge-wear at corner tips and spine-ends. A couple of small spots in the margin of page 11. No ownership marks. jacket has a bit of loss at head of spine, plus additional small chips. Quarter-inch tear at head of spine. Still a vibrant and attractive example with strong color, including on the spine. Publisher's original $2.75 price intact on front flap. 210 pages.

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.