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Price: US$190.00 + shipping
Description: Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Asimov, Isaac. I ROBOT. Custom Collector's 'Sculpted' Clamshell Case. New York: Gnome Press, 1950 [Book Date]. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine, & features an embossed 'sculpted' upper cover after the famous dustwrapper's vintage Robot illustration. The case is finished in overall Rich Deep Red Cloth with a gilt stamped red title piece. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both.Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. [Available in Red Leather as well $375 Please Inquire] TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included. When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age especially if covered in mylar. *The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Asimov, Isaac. I ROBOT. Custom Collector's 'Sculpted' Clamshell Case. New York: Gnome Press, 1950 [Book Date]. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine, & features an embossed 'sculpted' upper cover after the famous dustwrapper's vintage Robot illustration. The case is finished in overall Rich Deep Red Calf with a gilt stamped red title piece. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba or a combination of both. Nuba is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. [Available in cloth as well $155 - Please Inquire] TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally In-Stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Asimov, Isaac. I, Robot. Gnome Press, Inc, 1950.
Price: US$4995.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated first edition. Covers show some scattered stains affecting half of the front and back covers, some light foxing to outside edge of pages. otherwise book is clean with good color, very tight, sharp corners. Dust jacket has some modest wear to corners, medium sunfade to spine, a few spots of rubbing to front. otherwise a very presentable jacket, now protected in a clear archival cover. Detailed photos on request.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Asimov, Isaac. I, Robot. Gnome Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$5600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing of this science fiction classic. Bound in publisher's original red cloth stamped in black. Near Fine with toning to pages, in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with fading to the spine, edge wear, light bleeding to the rear panel, a partial splice to the surface of the front panel over the title and toning; foxing to the flaps and blindside.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Asimov, Isaac. I, ROBOT. Gnome Press, 1950.
Price: US$6923.50 + shipping
Description: I, ROBOT, Gnome Press, 1950, lst ed., vg+ or better in bright near fine dust-wrapper with slight restoration to the head of the dust-wrapper spine.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Asimov, Isaac. I, ROBOT. Gnome Press, 1950.
Price: US$7188.25 + shipping
Description: I, ROBOT, Gnome Press, 1950, lst ed., fine in vg/vg+ dust-wrapper with some light rubbing to the front dust-wrapper panel and fading to about half the dust-wrapper spine. Laid in is a 42 word typed postcard SIGNED Isaac to long time friend Sam Moskowitz dated 1/29/67 thanking Moskowitz for a royalty check for his contribution to MODERN MASTERPIECES OF SCIENCE FICTION, a book he (Moskowitz) edited.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
ASIMOV, Isaac.. I, Robot.. New York: Gnome Press, Inc., 1950, 1950.
Price: US$9620.05 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, of the author's landmark collection of science fiction short stories, which includes "Runaround", in which Asimov sets out for the first time his Three Laws of Robotics. "Historically, Asimov is undeniably important to the establishment of both the scientific and fictional realms of artificial intelligence. In May 1941 the word 'robotics' was first used in print by Asimov in his short story 'Liar!', published by Astounding Science Fiction (OED). Upon realizing he had coined a new and lasting word, Asimov recognized the uniquely profitable position he had created for himself, and along with the successful prediction of space travel, self-driving cars, and war-computers among others, would go on to position himself as a sort of friendly-but-rough-around-the-edges technological herald, someone entertaining, trustworthy, and often right" (Jung). Gia Jung, "Our AI Overlord: The Cultural Persistence of Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics in Understanding Artificial Intelligence", Emergence, 5 June 2018. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black, robot design to front cover in black. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom red cloth folding box by the Chelsea Bindery. Ink ownership signature of one Ruth Rayson, dated 1950, to front free endpaper, and her blind stamp to title page. Spine ends lightly bumped; dust jacket price-clipped, minimally rubbed, slight sunning to spine, as usual, the fugitive red still bright, just a few small creases to spine ends and one small chip: a near-fine copy in very good jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Asimov, Isaac. I, Robot. Gnome Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$10000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing of this science fiction classic. Bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in black. Near Fine, with faint soiling to front board, faint scratches to rear, former owner bookplate to front pastedown and pages tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with lighter than usual fading to the spine, light rubbing to the extremities and a short closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel. A lovely copy, in much nicer condition than normally found.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Asimov, Isaac. I, ROBOT. Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers [1950], New York, 1950.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, illustrated by Edd Cartier, cloth. Influential collection of short fiction about robots with first postulation of the "Three Laws of Robotics," a concept used for plots in numerous tales by other writers in subsequent years. Includes "The Evitable Conflict." in which machines that have made the world of the twenty-first century an economic utopia take control of Mankind's future, moving it "toward an unknown and happy destiny." - Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 36-7. Loose basis for the recent film of the same title. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-49. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 995-99. Genre bookplate affixed to front paste down (hidden by front flap) spine ends slightly bruised, a fine copy in a nearly fine to fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the corners and small patch in to the upper spine panel. The spine shows no fade and this presents as a lovely copy. (30703)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Asimov, Isaac. I, Robot. Gnome Press Inc. Publishers, New York, 1950.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Isaac Asimov on a laid in signature. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has been repaired by an expert conservator. The colors are vibrant with NO chips or tears. The book is bound in the publisher's RED cloth and is in excellent condition. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy. We buy Asimov First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Asimov, Isaac. I, Robot. Gnome Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$18500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing of this science fiction classic. Signed by Isaac Asimov and inscribed to a former owner on the title page in the year of publication, "To Bill Offerkrantz which is funny enough all by itself 12/29/50 [signed] Isaac Asimov". Bound in publisher's original red cloth stamped in black. Near Fine with light edge wear and light fraying at crown, pages tanned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light wear to the extremities, spine fading, rubbing, soiling and wear; light staining to the blindside.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.