FOUNDATION.
New York: Gnome Press, Publishers, [1951]. Octavo, jacket painting by David Kyle, cloth. First edition. The first volume in the Foundation series, awarded a special Hugo award in 1966 for best all-time series. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-12. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 819-31]. Toning to text paper, upper corners bruised, base of spine soft, a nearly fine copy in a very good first issue dust jacket with light wear to corner tips and spine ends, small triangular chip to lower front panel edge, creasing and tiny tears with shallow loss to base of spine panel, two closed tears to upper rear panel and small chip at lower left rear corner. (35553). Item #35553
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