I, ROBOT; THE ROBOTS OF DAWN; THE NAKED SUN; THE CAVES OF STEEL
by ASIMOV, ISAAC
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2004. FOUR VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. All edges gilt, sewn-in silk bookmarks, Covers and spine lettered and designed in gilt. Covers all show the same robot. See photos. Color frontispieces in each volume by Stephen Youll. "I, Robot" in green leather, "The Robot of Dawn" in brown leather; "The Naked Sun" in rust leather, and "The Caves of Steel" in blue leather. One small dark mark near top of front cover of "The Robots of Dawn", otherwise a pristine set. 253, 419, 187, 224pp.. Collected Edition. Full Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Stephen Youll. Large Octavo.
Synopsis
I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, first published by Gnome Press in 1950 in an edition of 5,000 copies. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950. The stories are woven together as Dr. Susan Calvin tells them to a reporter (the narrator) in the 21st century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014707
- Title
- I, ROBOT; THE ROBOTS OF DAWN; THE NAKED SUN; THE CAVES OF STEEL
- Author
- ASIMOV, ISAAC
- Illustrator
- Stephen Youll
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Collected Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Sets, Asimov, Fine Binding
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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