Caves of Steel
by Asimov, Isaac
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering to spine and motif to bottom corner of upper board. Light spotting to top edge and some off-setting to endpapers with a previous owner name to front endpaper and a few ticks in red biro next to some of the titles listed on half-title verso, otherwise very good.
The original dust jacket is price-clipped and has some wear and a few tears to top edge with some rubbing and chipping to spine panel, primarily to the top.
A good or better copy of an uncommon edition.
Synopsis
The Caves of Steel is a novel by Isaac Asimov. It is essentially a detective story, and illustrates an idea Asimov advocated, that science fiction is a flavor that can be applied to any literary genre, rather than a limited genre itself. Specifically, in the book Asimov's Mysteries, he claims that he wrote the novel in response to the claim by editor John W. Campbell that mystery and science fiction were incompatible genres.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fine Book Cellar Ltd. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1476183139186
- Title
- Caves of Steel
- Author
- Asimov, Isaac
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T.V. Boardman & Company Ltd
- Date Published
- 1954
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Asimov, Caves of Steel, First
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Science Fiction; Isaac Asimov;
Terms of Sale
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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