RUR - Rossum's Universal Robots: A Fantastic Melodrama
by Karel Capek; Paul Selver (translation)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
1923. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. First Thus. 187 pages. Photoplay Edition of the work that introduced/popularized the use of the word Robot. "The Theatre Guild Version, with Four Illustrations from Photographs of the Theatre Guild Production". All photo plates accounted for (with the cast looking very Kraftwerk in one) Orange boards with decorative design. Most of jacket missing but front pictorial panel has been preserved by pasting it on the FEP and it remains bright and attractive. Spine toned. Binding cocked but solid. Front hinge split but holding, binding stressed at points. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: Fiction::Science Fiction ; Inventory No: 030683. BZDB373 Fiction::Science Fiction ; Unbranded Karel Capek; Paul Selver (translation) RUR - Rossum's Universal Robots: A Fantastic Melodrama
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hang Fire Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030683
- Title
- RUR - Rossum's Universal Robots: A Fantastic Melodrama
- Author
- Karel Capek; Paul Selver (translation)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1923
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Hang Fire Books
Returns accepted within thirty days IN SAME CONDITION. Refund initiated on receipt and inspection of returned item.
About the Seller
Hang Fire Books
Biblio member since 2005
Brooklyn, New York
About Hang Fire Books
Hang Fire Books specializes in vintage paperbacks and pulp fiction but carries a wide selection of rare and OP titles. We're based in Brooklyn, New York. Private viewings can be arranged by appointment.
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- 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....
- Jacket
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...