Sale 2478 - 19th & 20th Century Literature, May 15, 2018

SIGNED TRILOGY 4 c   ASIMOV, ISAAC. The Foundation Trilogy. Foundation * Foundation and Empire * Second Foundation. Together, 3 volumes. 8vo, publisher’s cloth, first title with a few tiny specks to boards, last title with touch of rubbing to spine tips and top corners bumped; unclipped dust jackets, first title with short closed tear and corresponding abrasion to center of spine panel, last title with creasing to bottom of rear flap and some corner nicks and light wear to spine panel head; contents clean, without the usual darkening to endpapers. (ESS) New York: Gnome Press, 1951; 1952; 1953 [4,500/6,000] first editions , in first issue dust jackets , all three titles title boldly signed by asimov on the title. First printings conforming to Currey’s binding priority (A), meeting all first issue points. In unrestored dust jackets. The Hugo Award winner for all-time best series. Currey, pp. 17; 19.