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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954. First edition of the first work in Asimov's acclaimed Robot series. Octavo, original blue boards, red topstain. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Light wear to the cloth, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Dust jacket design by Ruth Ray. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed. "One of the classic presentations of the womb-city, metropolis as mother, which has haunted imaginations ever since... The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun are the best books Isaac Asimov ever wrote" (The Guardian). In 2004 The Caves of Steel was nominated for a retroactive Hugo Award for Best Novel for 1954. A television adaptation was made by the BBC and shown in 1964: only a few short excerpts still exist. In 1989, the book was adapted by Bert Coules as a radio play for the BBC, with Ed Bishop as Elijah Baley and Sam Dastor as R. Daneel Olivaw.

Doubleday, 1954 First Edition, First Printing with "First Edition" printed on the copyright page, SIGNED by Isaac Asimov on a laid in signature. A beautiful dustjacket that is vibrant in color with slight wear to the edges. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean, with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this true first edition SIGNED by the author. We buy Asimov First Editions.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York, 1954 First Edition, First Printing. A wonderful copy. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.95 printed price present with light wear to the spine. The book is bound in the publisher's original cloth with minor wear to the boards. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. First edition. Touch of rubbing to boards edges, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of edge rubbing, a little black stain to spine ends and corners from old style jacket protector. An attractive copy with good color. (12445). Octavo, jacket illustration by Ruth Ray, boards. The first of the Robot novels. "A richly characterized, thoughtfully told story; justifiably a favorite among Asimov's readers." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-10. Hubin, p. 34. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 245.

Doubleday, 1954. Book. Poor. Hardcover. First Ed. First ed. Rebound ex-library copy. Poor condition, all the usual ex-library defects, including pockets, inkstamps, etc. Rebound in red cloth with labels on spine. original rear flap of dustjacket pasted to FEP..

London: Boardman, 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition first printing Boardman 1954. Rare Hardback in any condition with dust jacket. Book is still tight and square. Boards have bumped corners and markings to both. A very tiny but noticeable bump to upper board, with a hint of bend. Title gilt is very nice with only a couple of minor rubs. Text block is clean, with a few minor spots and very light age toning to edges. The paste downs and flypaper have toning, and flypaper is creased. Feels lightly read. Moderate bumping to head and foot of spine, grades as good condition due to the numerous small issues but is still tight and clean and is close to very good. The unclipped jacket has some loss to front of jacket and minor loss to spine ends. Split at head of joint with colour break creasing and minor loss. Small split to top of upper fore edge. Two dark spots to front, and various chips and rubs, Spine has some minor rubs… Read more

New York, NY: Doubleday, 1983. First edition (no indication of edition) / first printing (code Y37 on p. 559). Book is in very good (remainder spray on bottom, general reading wear) condition with a very good ($15.95 price on front flap, light edgewear, slight moisture stain along upper part of interior) dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Granada, 1984. First Uk Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. No Gift Inscription Or Remarks Inside. The Dust Jacket Is Not Price Clipped. First Uk Edition Thus Hardcover. Creased At The Outer Edges.- We ship from Canada. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.

Doubleday & Co., 1954. Book Club edition. Bookplate, some toning to front free endpaper, very good in facsimile dust jacket. Blue cloth.

New York: Bantam / Ballantine / Panther / Ballantine Books, 1984. ------The scans you see are the books you get. The complete 4 volume set of "R. Daneel Olivaw" series, not 3 volumes, not five volumes, just 4 books in the complete set. xvi + 270, xiv + 208, 477, 468 pages, tight square and clean, flat spines, Very Good Plus condition with minor edge wear, "The Naked Sun" has some toning to inside covers with a pin prick bump on cover. "A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together. Like most people left behind on an over-populated Earth, New York City police detective Elijah Baley had little love for either the arrogant Spacers or their robotic companions. But when a prominent Spacer is murdered under mysterious… Read more

1st Paperback Printing. British Panther Books #835, 1958, 1st UK paperback printing, rare British sf vintage paperback, terrific Josh Kirby cover art, decent copy, heavy to moderate wear and age to spine and edges, so only near VG.

New York: Pyramid Books, 1962. Vintage paperback, Pyramid F-784; the first novel in Asimov's classic science fiction-mystery series featuring New York City police detective Lije Baley and his partner R(robot) Daneel Olivaw; cover art by Ralph Brillhart; First Printing of First Pyramid Edition; text is clean, tight, slight spine lean, age-tanned in white pictorial wrappers showing age-discoloration along edges and spine, minor surface and edgewear. . First Printing, First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good.

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1972. 223, 191 pp. Fawcett Crest books M1759 and M1921. Both books have light edge and corner wear; Caves has some minor creasing on the spine; Naked Sun has an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Covers by Dean Ellis and John Berkey. Murder and mayhem with Detective Life Baley on the case, along with R. Daneel Olivaw in The Caves of Steel.. First Printing - First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by John Berkey; Dean Ellis;.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pyramid Books, 1962. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Collectible. F-784. A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together. Like most people left behind on an over-populated Earth, New York City police detective Elijah Baley had little love for either the arrogant Spacers or their robotic companions. But when a prominent Spacer is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Baley is ordered to the Outer Worlds to help track down the killer. The relationship between Life and his Spacer superiors, who distrusted all Earthmen, was strained from the start. Then he learned that they had assigned him a partner: R. Daneel Olivaw. Worst of all was that the "R"… Read more

New York: Pyramid Books. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 189 pages; A touch of darkening to white covers. #F-784. .

Vintage Paperback Pyramid Books #F-784, 1962, 1st Pyramid printing, rare US science fiction vintage paperback, murder in the future with robot detective, nice Ralph Brillhart cover art, decent copy, moderat ewear and age, still VG.

1st Paperback Printing. Vintage Paperback Pyramid Books #F-784, 1962, 1st paperback printing, rare US science fiction vintage paperback, great pulp cover art by Ralph Brillhart, decent copy, moderate wear and age to spine and edges, light reading crease at spine, still VG.

New York: Pyramid Books, 1962 1st printing. Pyramid F-784. [paperback] 4x7 inches. Cover art by Ralph Brillhart. Attractive covers. *faults: Light spine line at joint, Light reading line on front cover near joint. Pages yellowed, cracks between pages 34/35 and 68/69 but Pages secure. Very Good-minus.

Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1972. Vintage paperback, Fawcett Crest M1921; the first novel in Asimov's classic science fiction-mystery series featuring New York City police detective Lije Baley and his partner R(robot) Daneel Olivaw; originally published in 1954; text is clean, tight, square in pictorial wrappers with minimal surface and edgewear.. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine.

Galaxy Science Fiction, Vol. 7, No. 1, Oct. 1953., 1953. First printnig. 160 pp., 8vo, pulp softcover with color cover. Good only with wear/creasing to covers, corner of rear cover cut off, spine starting to split at base, ink mark to rear cover. Uncommon issue with the first installment of Asimov's story.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good.