The Robots of Dawn

Isaac Asimov

ISBN 10: 038518400X / ISBN 13: 9780385184007

Published by Doubleday, 1983

About this Item

First edition. Good book in like dust jacket. Dust jacket has some small closed tears and wear at spine, and some age toning; is not price clipped; now in new removable protective cover. White boards, silver print on red cloth-covered spine. Spine has lean; pages are clean and unmarked. Doubleday hard cover with dust jacket, first edition (stated), first printing Oct. 1983 (code Y35), ISBN: 9780385184007, 419 pages, cover art by Kiyoshi Kanai. 8vo (8.5" x 5.75") There was a collector's first edition of 750 signed, boxed copies by Phantasia Press; this is the first trade edition. Nominated, 1984 Hugo Award. 2nd place, 1984 Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel. Third in Lije Bailey / R. Daneel Olivaw robot detective series, preceded by The Caves of Steel, and The Naked Sun, and followed by Robots and Empire. Seller Inventory # 040123089780385184007cgr

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Robots of Dawn

Publisher: Doubleday

Publication Date: 1983

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Kiyoshi Kanai

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ has edge wear and light toning. Small tear to front.

Review:

‘Isaac Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age...It will never be known how many practicing scientists today, in how many countries, owe their initial inspiration to a book, article, or short story by Isaac Asimov’
Carl Sagan

‘Asimov displayed one of the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction’
Daily Telegraph

‘Asimov’s career was one of the most formidable in science fiction’
The Times