PEBBLE IN THE SKY

by Asimov, Isaac

$1,279 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed

PEBBLE IN THE SKY, Doubleday, 1950, first edition, fine in vg+/near fine dust-wrapper save for some rear tape stain bleed through at the dust-wrapper spine extremities which wraps around somewhat to the corresponding sections of the front and rear dust-wrapper panels. The authors first commercial book (an earlier book, THE KINETICS OF THE REACTION INACTIVATION OF TYROSINASE DURING ITS CATALYSIS OF THE AEROBIC OXIDATION OF CATECHOL, the author s Ph.D Dissertation, was first published in 1948) in a long and marvelous career which unfortunately came to a premature halt just about 500 books later. Laid in is a typed postcard SIGNED by Asimov, about 60 words, thanking the recipient for the photos (actually misspelled or a typo), hoping that he, the recipient, will like (his novel) NEMESIS, mentioning that the next FOUNDATION novel will be FORWARD THE FOUNDATION, a sequel to PRELUDE, and finally stating that his increasing age keeps him from making any long travel possible. A cornerstone book for the serious SF collector.

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Year: 1950
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: paperback

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