I, Robot

by Isaac Asimov 

First edition.  New York:  Gnome Press, Inc., 1950 

Hardback is overall in GOOD- condition.

• Red cloth covers have black robot emblem on top board. 
• Boards show some wear, exposure, smudges, scuffing, adhesive marks, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, worn, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spine has black text and is faded, with library shelf mark at foot and chipped, frayed ends.  See photos.
• Binding is fragile, with some cracking at covers, page 161/162 taped in at gutter, book opens to stitches at page 165.  See photos. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some staining, writing, ink stamps, adhesion marks, scuffing.  See photos.  
• Ex-library book with expected markings.
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits edgewear and softening, some smudges.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2025.1113

253 pages. 5.25 x 8 inches

First Edition.  Publisher's red cloth boards with robot logo on top board.  Condtion is AS IS Good-.  Ex-Library from Special Services Library Hospital at the U.S. Army's Fort Dix.  Boards show heavy edgewear, splitting along shoulder, chipping to ends of spine.  Library stamps on end papers and title page, and a few notations in ink on the pastedowns.  Interior is unmarked, paper is softened, and the leaf pg. 161-162 has an old tape repair fixing it into the binding.

The first printing of Isaac Asimov's story collection, compiled and published by Gnome Press in an initial 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 by a framing narrative in which the fictional Dr. Susan Calvin tells each story to a reporter (who serves as the narrator) in the 21st century.  Although the stories can be read separately, they share a theme of the interaction of humans, robots, and morality, and when combined they tell a larger story of Asimov's fictional history of robotics.

First Edition, as stated on the copyright page.

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