Our signed, limited edition of Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov is published in three states: Collector’s, Deluxe and, Lettered Editions. See the announcement here.

Set in a far future where humanity is spread across the galaxy under the rule of the Galactic Empire, The Foundation Trilogy introduces the theory of “psychohistory”—a method of predicting the future of large populations using a combination of statistics, history, and sociology.

In Foundation and Empire, the young Foundation faces two defining crises. First comes the last, desperate offensive of the crumbling Galactic Empire, as General Bel Riose seeks to crush the outpost on Terminus—only to be undone by the very decay consuming the Empire.

A century later, with the Foundation ascendant, a new and unforeseen threat arises: the Mule, a mutant warlord whose power to sway emotions defies Hari Seldon’s predictions and shatters the long-assumed path to a Second Empire.

Acclaimed for its imaginative scope and exploration of themes like determinism, free will, and the cyclical nature of history, the trilogy has been highly influential in both literature and popular culture, winning the one-time Hugo Award for “Best All-Time Series” in 1966 and recently coming to life in spectacular fashion as an Apple TV series.

DELUXE EDITION:

• Limited to only 250 hand numbered copies.
• Letterpress printed on 100% cotton Magnani Pescia 130gsm (88lb) mould made paper by Hand & Eye Letterpress in London, England.
• Hand bound by Ludlow Bookbinders in England in a Bradel binding with metallic cloth spines and boards covered in custom marbled paper from Jemma Lewis.
• Signed by Gregory Manchess.
• Title and Galactic Empire emblem foil-stamped in silver on the spine.
• Six full colour, plates tipped in by hand (five fold-outs and one portrait).
• Seven pen-and-ink portraits printed letterpress.
• Housed in a custom solander box wrapped in cloth with a 100% brass medallion of the Galactic Empire emblem inset on spine.
  
• Trim size of 170mm by 240mm (6.7in by 9.5in).
• 265 pages.