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Auction Name: 2026 January 15 Pulp, Paperback Sci-Fi & Fantasy Showcase Auction

Lot Number: 18039

Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/15262*18039

Michael Herring (American, b. 1947)
The Naked Sun paperback cover, 1983
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower center: Herring

The present work is published as the cover of the 1983 Ballantine Books edition of The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov. First serialized in Astounding Science Fiction in 1956 and published in book form in 1957, the work is the second of Asimov's Robot series.


Condition Report*: Unlined. Wear and markings in keeping with illustration and publishing process. Not framed.
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