Reverse calf, with a distinctive suede-like texture, is occasionally used. Readily marbled (“tree calf”), mottled, diced, colored, polished, tooled in gilt or blind, even scented (known as “russia”).

Calf Binding material made from cowhide-versatile, durable, usually tan or brown in color, of smooth texture with no or little apparent grain.

Broadside Sheet printed on one side, typically for public display, usually larger than folio size (a folio being a broadside-size sheet printed on both sides and folded once, to make four pages).

Book-Plate Label, generally affixed to the front pastedown, identifying a book’s owner.Of particular value to collectors as evidence of a very early form of the book. “Original boards” refers to cardboard-like front and back boards, from about 1700 to 1840, used as temporary protection for books before their purchasers would have them bound. Boards Hard front and rear covers of a bound book which are covered in cloth, leather or paper.Association Copy copy that belonged to someone connected with the author or the contents of a book.Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner’s arms.Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however.

By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes.

Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.Text fine, trace of discoloration to boards scant trimming to edge of price-clipped dust jacket.

A sentimental favorite among Asimov's fans, but significant also as a transitional step between the relatively miserly world of Golden Age pulps and the relatively lucrative world of mainstream book publication' ( Anatomy of Wonder II-51). 'Loosely connected with the Foundation series, but the true sociohistorical metaphor in the story is that of ancient Judea facing the might of Rome. It received a number of reviews, most of which were favorable, and it began to sell well from day one' (White, Asimov: The Unauthorized Life, pp. 'In 1947, at the time Asimov was writing the first draft of what would later turn into Pebble in the Sky, there were very few full-length science fiction books… Pebble in the Sky was published on January 19, 1950. Octavo, original beige cloth, original dust jacket.įirst edition of Asimov's first novel, a pivotal link to the Foundation series, this copy boldly signed on the title page by him. 'A SENTIMENTAL FAVORITE AMONG ASIMOV'S FANS': BOLDLY SIGNED BY ASIMOV, HIS FIRST PUBLISHED NOVELĪSIMOV, Isaac.

Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov