Asimov, Isaac (1951) ‘Foundation’, US first edition, second state with signature

Isaac Asimov (1951) ‘Foundation’, US first edition, Currey State B (Dark blue boards with red lettering on spine. Front cover blank. Words on spine vertical. Rear flaps of the dust jacket feature Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation. Back cover: 32 titles. Gnome Press address given as 80 East 11th Street, New York 3); published by the iconic Gnome Press.

Condition: near fine with slight shelf wear and usual toning to paper. No previous owner’s inscriptions of any sorts. Dust jacket is near fine, not clipped with very little edge wear as pictured.

Asimov’s ‘Foundation’ trilogy is considered one of the all-time classics of science-fiction. Asimov, together with Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Heinlein, is one of the Big Three of 20th century sci-fi.