Foundation

Overview:

  • Title: Foundation
  • Author: Isaac Asimov
  • Year: 1986
  • ISBN-10: 0586010807
  • Publisher: Grafton
  • Price: £1.95
  • Pages: 234
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: Foundation
  • Notes:
    Apparent 29th printing of the 1960 edition, from the copyright page, but with the inclusion of the omitted September 1962 reprint this would be the 30th printing. Title page:
    • "Grafton Books [over] A Division of the Collins Publishing Group"
    Copyright page:
    • "Grafton Books [over] A Division of the Collins Publishing Group"
    • "Published by Grafton Books 1960"
    • "Reprinted 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 (twice), [over] 1971 (twice), 1972, 1973 (twice), 1974, 1975, 1976, [over] 1977, 1978, 1979 (twice), 1981 (twice), 1982, [over] 1983 (three times), 1984, 1985, 1986"
    • "First published in Great Britain by [over] Weidenfeld & Nicholson Ltd 1953"
    • "Copyright © Isaac Asimov 1951"
    • 10-digit ISBN.
    • "Printed and bound in Great Britain by [over] Collins, Glasgow"
    Back cover:
    • "Front cover illustration by Tim White" (wrap-around art)
    • "U.K. £1.95 New Zealand $7.95 Australia $5.95 (recommended)"
    'The Psychohistorians' titling is on unnumbered page 7, the story text starts on the first numbered page 9. That styling is the same for all the contents. In previous printings, the titles were on the same pages as the text start. Gloss cover.

    Note that "Published by Grafton Books 1960" may be a printer's error; no evidence extant of such, only the Panther 1960 edition.