Paperback - 1st UK edition; 8th impression, 1936. Translated from the Czech by P. Selver. The front of the cover is detached. Spine rather worn with chipped portions / loss at each end. Minor edgewear to the front and rear covers. Tanning on the page block and the first and last page. Despite the rear inner hinge being a little weak, the pages remain sound throughout. All text is clear. Taken from the Czech word 'robota', meaning "forced labor," the word "robot" was invented by Josef Capek during the writing of this play. CM.

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R.U.R. A Play (Rossum's Universal Robots): A Play in Three Acts and an Epilogue

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Oxford University Press, London

Publication Date

1936

Binding

Paperback

Condition

Good

Book Type

Used

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