Foundation and Empire
by Isaac Asimov
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG- (Very Good Minus)/VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Seller
-
Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Gnome Press, 1953. Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated first edition to copyright page; 1st issue red "cloth" (actually textured paper) binding. 2nd or early issue jacket in duotone (not full color); front flap does not include the publisher's PO box; rear panel lists the final title in the trilogy. Boards with minor edgewear and lightly bumped spine ends and corners; a few tiny white pigment spots to front board. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has moderate edgewear and numerous small chips and tears with related creasing; minor toning and soil; flaps not clipped, with $2.75 original price. Binding sound, text clean. Interior quite toned. Minor soil spots scattered to front pastedown and ffep. Date and prev owner initials in pen to ffep verso. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 247 pp.
Synopsis
Foundation and Empire is a novel written by Isaac Asimov that was published by Gnome Press in 1952. It is the second book published in the Foundation Series, and the fourth in the in-universe chronology. It takes place in two halves, originally published as separate novellas.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Albion Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002504
- Title
- Foundation and Empire
- Author
- Isaac Asimov
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Albion Books
Biblio member since 2021
Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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