Announcing The Conversation Tree Press of FOUNDATION by Isaac Asimov

Conversation Tree Press has announced that they will be publishing the first three books in Isaac Asimov's seminal Foundation series, and we've locked in copies of the first volume, Foundation, for our customers.

Our allotment of the Collector's and Deluxe Editions is quite limited. Please don't delay in placing your order.

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In Foundation, book one of 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.

Foundation sets the stage for a grand experiment in guiding the future of humanity amidst the decline of the unimaginably vast Galactic Empire. Just as Asimov drew inspiration from Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, we too have explored the contrasting forces of creation and destruction, weaving these themes throughout all three volumes of the series.

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As always, the interiors have been thoughtfully designed with typefaces that were carefully selected specifically for this project, while the artwork was directed with the structure and nature of the story in mind.

All three states across the trilogy have been designed to offer a cohesive appearance on the shelf, with variations in colour, artwork, and other details to provide a distinct appearance for each book.

Together, the volumes of The Foundation Trilogy form a beautifully unified design, both inside and out, creating a landmark edition that is sure to stand the test of time.

Edition Information

• Our edition of Foundation by Isaac Asimov is limited to 726 copies and is published in three states: Collector’s Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Lettered Edition.
• Gregory Manchesshas contributed 13 pieces of artwork and Brandon Sanderson has written a new, exclusive foreword to the edition.
• All volumes are printed by Hand and Eye Letterpress and hand bound by Ludlow Bookbinder in England.

The books have a trim size of 170mm by 240mm (6.7in by 9.5in) and 275 pages. All copies include a ribbon marker and head and tail bands. I’ve set the text in Klim Type Foundry’s Martina Plantijn, The Future, and The Future Mono.

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 Freya Scott at Paperwilds.
• Signed by Gregory Manchess.
• Five full colour, landscape plates tipped in by hand.
• 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).
• 275 pages.
• All copies of the Deluxe Edition offer rights to Foundation and Empire when it is published, and these rights are transferable.

COLLECTOR’S EDITION:

• Limited to only 450 unnumbered copies.
• Letterpress printed on Munken Pure Rough Cream 120gsm (80lb) paper by Hand & Eye Letterpress in London, England.
• Hand bound by Ludlow Bookbinders in premium cloth, UV printed with artwork from Gregory Manchess.
• Signed by Gregory Manchess.
• Title and Galactic Empire emblem foil-stamped in silver on the spine.
• Five full colour, landscape plates tipped in by hand.
• Seven pen-and-ink portraits printed letterpress.
• Enclosed in a slipcase hand made of sturdy boards wrapped in a coated linen fabric with a beautiful glitter effect.
• Slipcase lined with Suedel for maximum protection.
• Trim size of 170mm by 240mm (6.7in by 9.5in).
• 275 pages.
• All copies of the Collector’s Edition offer rights to Foundation and Empire when it is published, and these rights are transferable.