An Isaac Asimov Omnibus: Foundation - Foundation and Empire - Second Foundation
by Aasimov, Isaac
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Fair in Fair dust jacket. (1966). First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Ex-library "Otago Hospital Board Patients' Library". Library stamps and markings. Slight undulations to pages throughout from damp damage. Heavy shelfwear to tail edges of boards. Dust wrapper in adhesive plastic jacket. 2" chip to dust wrapper and plastic jacket in front panel and front flap. Rear flap of dust wrapper pasted to rear endpaper.; Omnibus edition of three of the Foundation series novels. 189, 172, 187 pages. Maroon papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. ; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Details
- Seller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 4864
- Title
- An Isaac Asimov Omnibus: Foundation - Foundation and Empire - Second Foundation
- Author
- Aasimov, Isaac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1966)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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