Our signed, limited edition of Foundation 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, the first in the trilogy , Hari Seldon uses psychohistory to predict the imminent collapse of the Galactic Empire and the onset of a 30,000-year dark age. In an effort to shorten this period to a mere 1,000 years, he oversees the establishment of the Foundation at the edge of the galaxy on the planet Terminus.

Over the course of five interrelated stories, we follow the Foundation’s rise to power through a series of strategic manipulations and crises, all the while facing a number of political, economic, and military challenges from neighbouring regions.

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.

LETTERED EDITION:

• Limited to only 26 copies inscribed A-Z.
• Letterpress printed on thick, upgraded mould made Liber Charta 170gsm (115lb) paper by Hand & Eye Letterpress in London, England.
• Hand bound by Ludlow Bookbinders in England in handmade Cave Paper from Zoë Goehring and the finest vellum from William Cowely in England.
• Signed by Gregory Manchess.
• Custom hand marbled endpapers from Freya Scott at Paperwilds
• Six full colour, landscape plates tipped in by hand.
• Seven pen-and-ink portraits printed letterpress.
• Housed in a complex, fold-out enclosure wrapped in blue and ivory cloth with a design mirroring that of the book.
• Trim size of 170mm by 240mm (6.7in by 9.5in).
• 275 pages.