Buy Jupiter and Other Stories by Asimov, Isaac

London: Victor Gollancz Limited. Very Good/Very Good. 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0575020784 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. 206 pages clean and tight. The 24 stories in this collection are vintage Asimov, ranging in time from 1950 to 1973. Most of them are quite short and have surprise endings; and the author provides witty or rueful reminiscences of how each came to be written. These "biographical commentaries", as Asimov himself calls them, form a sort of literary autobiography by the author and make fascinating reading. In the title story, some far-ranging aliens want to lease the planet Jupiter from the Solar System and use it as the biggest advertising billboard in the Universe. Take a Match is a suspense story about an interstellar ship which gets stuck in a dustcloud. In Key Item a computer acts up and demands a little human courtesy when it finds itself being handled too… Read More

London: Gollancz, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight and clean with slight lean. Text block has light toning to edges. Boards sharp and clean, gilt perfect. Light bumping to head and foot of spine. Pages crisp and unblemished. Feels tight. Very good condition. Jacket has crimping to the head of spine, which is sunned, the panels have bold colours. The rear panel is clean with light pressure marks. A very good copy. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid copy of this Asimov title, containing 24 stories.