PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION

First UK edition, first printing. Original navy paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, in the Tim White illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding firm with a very slight lean to the spine. There are a few tiny, faint marks to the closed text-block fore-edge and the margins are lightly toned, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£11.95 on the front flap).

A prequel to Isaac Asimov's epic 'Foundation' series of future history science fictional novels. 'Prelude to Foundation' tells the life story of Hari Seldon, a central figure in the Foundation universe as the inventor of psychohistory, a scientific method of predicting the future. It is followed by a second prequel, 'Forward the Foundation'. The 'Foundation' series was given the one-time Hugo 'Best All-Time Series' award (beating J. R. R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings'), and various novels and stories from the series have won nine Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards between them.