Swann Galleries - 19th & 20th Century Literature

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ASIMOV, ISAAC.

The Foundation Trilogy. Foundation * Foundation and

Empire * Second Foundation.

Together, 3 volumes. 8vo, publisher’s cloth, two small

taps to bottom of boards of third title; trace of shelfwear to bottom-edges; dust jackets, one

short closed tear to top of front panel on second title, minimal dustsoiling, unclipped; third

title with but very light toning to rear endpapers only, otherwise contents clean and free

from any markings.

NewYork: Gnome Press, 1951; 1952; 1953

[4,000/6,000]

FIRST EDITIONS

IN FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKETS

TRULY FINE COPIES

All first printings conforming

to Currey’s binding priority (A), meeting all first issue points. In crisp, unrestored dust jackets. The

Hugo Award winner for all-time best series. Currey, pp. 17; 19.

19TH & 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE

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