First edition of Second Foundation, binding in State A (blue boards lettered in brown). First edition, first issue, of Foundation and Empire, with sheets bulking 1.8 cm across, binding A (red boards lettered in black, publisher's spine imprint measuring 2.2 cm), with dust jacket variant A (printed in four colors, with 26 titles on rear panel). First state dust jacket, with rear panel advertising three books and 1952 fantasy calendar. First edition of Foundation, binding variant A (cloth), with correct page dimensions.

Disch praised these novels for powerfully evoking the 'gasp of wonder was the Asimovian grail.' The trilogy, based on stories originally published in Astounding Science Fiction between 1942-50, not only set the standard for all 'future histories' to follow but also helped secure Asimov's status as a genre giant: 'for five decades his was the voice to which science fiction came down in the end' (Clute & Nicholls, 58). Critic and fellow science fiction writer Thomas M. Winner of a special 1966 Hugo Award for 'Best All-Time Series'-an award even Asimov believed had been created solely to honor Tolkien's Lord of the Rings-this epic saga transposes Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire into a futuristic key. Octavo, original dark blue cloth, red cloth, and light blue boards, original dust jackets.įirst editions, first issues, preceding the first collected edition by over a decade, of 'one of the most influential works of modern science fiction' (Chronology of American Literature). Urn:oclc:231147260 Republisher_date 20120719093046 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120718224743 Scanner .'THAT GASP OF WONDER THAT WAS THE ASIMOVIAN GRAIL': FIRST EDITIONS OF ASIMOV'S ORIGINAL FOUNDATION TRILOGYĪSIMOV, Isaac. OL46390W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 93.76 Pages 534 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0385188307 Internetarchivebookdrive External-identifier Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:59:01 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA103701 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor

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