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Foundation (Doubleday Science Fiction)
de Isaac Asimov
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Librería
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Garden City, NY: Doubleday. Boards. Very Good +/Very Good +. A handsome copy of this uncommon --and very early-- Doubleday reprint of the 1st title (of 3) in Isaac Asimov's legendary "Foundation" series. Re-issuing the original Gnome Press sheets from 1951 --resulting in a degree of inevitable light browning to the pages-- this copy, probably circa 1960, has the look and feel of a very early --if not the 2nd-- printing of "Foundation". Tight and VG+ (very light offsetting along the pastedown and endpaper top-edges) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of light creasing along the spine ends. Octavo, original Gnome Press photograph of Asimov (by Phillip Leonian) appearing on the rear panel.
Sinopsis
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building. The story of our future begins with the history of Foundation and its greatest psychohistorian: Hari Seldon. For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. Only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. And mankind's last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and live as slaves--or take a stand for freedom and risk total destruction.From the Hardcover edition.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 19195
- Título
- Foundation (Doubleday Science Fiction)
- Autor
- Isaac Asimov
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Boards
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good +
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good +
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Doubleday
- Lugar de publicación
- Garden City, NY
- Palabras clave
- rare science fiction, rare Isaac Asimov, rare "Foundation" series
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Science Fiction;
Términos de venta
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Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
