Opus 100: A Guided Tour Through the First 99 Books of America's Foremost Science Writer by Asimov, Isaac - 1969

New York: Hougdhton Mifflin Company, 1969. First Printing Stated . Hard Back. Near Fine/Good. 6" X 8 1/2. 318 Pages. Black boards with red and blue lettering. Small owner's label with owner's name and American flag.on front. Name is blacked out, American flag remains. No other marks or stamps. Print code w on copyright page. Dust jacket has unclipped price $5.95 and has some edge and corner wear. Back of dust jacket has a four inch closed tear repaired with tape. In part an anthology of selections chosen by the author from his first 99 works. It is a generous sampling from every area in which he has written. It is also an engaging literary biography that acquaints the reader with the man responsible for such an extraordinary body of work. To read this book is to spend a relaxed evening in the comany of a warm, ebullient, very human being who delights in every aspect of life and has the capacity to make any subject he writes about both understandable and entertaining. Contents in Eleven Parts: Astronomy, Robots, Mathematics, Ph;ysics, Chemistry, Biology, Words, History, The Bible, Short Shorts, and Humor. Plus Introduction and Appendix listing my hundred books. Oddly enough the 100th book is Opus 100. Introduction is a short autobiography.