Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional First mass market paperback Edition, later printing of Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov. First Avon Printing stated, December 1964 Ace. 33rd Printing with partial number line, 35 34 33 and a $2.50 cover price.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with clean, illustrated covers with one corner crease, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, strong spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and evenly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The Foundation lies in ruins—destroyed by a mutant mind bent on humanity’s annihilation. But it’s rumored that there’s a Second Foundation hidden somewhere at the end of the Galaxy, established as insurance to preserve the knowledge of mankind. Now a desperate race has begun between the survivors of the First Foundation and an alien entity to find this last flicker of humanity’s shining past—and future hope. Yet the key to it all might be a fourteen-year-old girl burdened with a terrible secret. Is she the Foundation’s savior—or its deadliest enemy?
Ships promptly in a manila envelope with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.