Robot Visions (Illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie)
by Asimov, Isaac
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0575048417
- ISBN 13
- 9780575048416
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Gollancz, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ralph McQuarrie. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with light toning to edges, and some feint scattered spots to the top edge. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Previous booksellers pencil price to FEP. Feels very lightly read. Sharp spine ends, near fine condition. Jacket some minor crimping to top edge. There is a thin band of sunning at the front joint that doe snot affect the spine. No rubs and retains it's gloss. Overall a near fine 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 near fine copy of this collectible increasingly uncommon Gollancz title, collecting classic robot stories, together with previously uncollected and especially written stories for this edition, a total of 34 stories. Chapter head and full page illustrations by the great Ralph McQuarrie. A less common Asimov edition.
Synopsis
Robot Visions (1990) is a collection of science fiction short stories and factual essays by Isaac Asimov. Many of the stories are reprinted from other Asimov collections, particularly I, Robot and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories. However, the stories in I, Robot (which were originally published in Astounding Science Fiction magazine) were edited to make a more cohesive whole; Robot Visions reprints the magazine versions without these emendations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA) (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007645
- Title
- Robot Visions (Illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie)
- Author
- Asimov, Isaac
- Illustrator
- Ralph McQuarrie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0575048417
- ISBN 13
- 9780575048416
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 383
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- i robot rest of the robots naked sun foundation General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- X weight
- 800 g
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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