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1950140948961New York: Gnome Press Inc 1950. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Presentation copy signed by Isaac Asimov on the front free endpaper the day after publication and inscribed: "For: Alex Osheroff who would have bought it anyway—a true blue guy. 12/3/50." 253 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth boards stamped in black. Near Fine with short tear and accompanying dent to spine light foxing to textblock edges and light foxing and offsetting to endpapers. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and edgewear several shallow scratches and light foxing to upper and lower edges and verso.<br /> <br /> <p>A superb copy of Isaac Asimov's short story collection exploring the ethical implications of programming robots. He signed the fresh-off-the-press copy to Alex Osheroff a science fiction fan who published the single issue cardzine Robot in 1937 and co-edited the first issue of the fanzine Helios with Sam Moskowitz that same year. Osheroff retained his interest in speculative fiction after serving in the Second World War and joined the Fantasy Veterans Association which held several conventions in the 1950s. He would have treasured the warm inscription in this book. Gnome Press, Inc unknown
1953140948512New York: Gnome Press 1953. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Three volumes all first edition first printings all uniformly signed by Isaac Asimov directly on the title pages. Foundation is in Currey's A binding; Foundation and Empire is in Currey's A binding and A dust jacket state; Second Foundation is in Currey's B binding. Laid in is an additional autographed typed postcard addressed to Golden Atom fanzine founder editor and early sci-fi fan Larry Farsace postmarked 10 May 1983. <p>All volumes are Near Fine with light wear to corners and spine ends. Foundation and Foundation and Empire in Near Fine unclipped jackets. Rear board of Second Foundation faintly stained with a corresponding dampstain to dust jacket more pronounced on the blindside; unclipped dust jacket is Very Good with several short closed tears and associated creasing shallow chipping along the top edge of the rear panel and flap though still presents very well. A handsome set of this epic science-fiction trilogy which was awarded a special Hugo in 1966 for best all-time series. Very scarce with all three volumes directly signed. Gnome Press unknown
197600670THE BICENTENNIAL MAN / ORIGINAL CARBON TYPESCRIPT being 50 pages approximately 15000 words fine in custom tray-case. Accompanied by a 200 word plus TYPED LETTER SIGNED by Asimov dated July 12th 1974 to his long time friend and fellow science fiction personage Forrie Ackerman mentioning that he cannot promise a science fiction story to a deadline but since the proposed anthology title is to be THE BICENTENNIAL MAN there were 4 previously published items in The Saturday Evening Post that might be possibly utilized revolving around Benjamin Franklin which could be had for a small royalty. Along with copies of three other letters to Ackerman which yield yet more information regarding the specifics of this eventual typescript. Which goes like this: Sometime in 1974 a woman by the name of Naomi Gordon approached Forrest Ackerman with an idea for a science fiction anthology for the upcoming Bicentennial of the U.S. Projected writers for this undertaking were to be Ray Bradbury Arthur C. Clarke Fred Pohl Ursula Le Guin Robert Heinlein Philip Jose Farmer Larry Niven A. E. Van Vogt Jack Williamson and of course Isaac Asimov. While this project never fully materialized with some authors agreeing to the project and others not and some producing an actual typescript and again others not Isaac obviously opted in thereby producing this novella. When the anthology finally and officially became a lost cause the story was then immediately published when submitted elsewhere and went on to win not only the prestigious NEBULA award but the highly coveted HUGO award as well. Asimov's typescripts are very rarely offered on the open market or the private market for that matter with most if not all of them going to the Boston University Library and the opportunity to purchase the second of only three of his fictional works to win a HUGO award the final being another short story entitled GOLD published much later in 1991 which was written on a computer and thus never a true and proper typescript and the second to win the NEBULA award not too mention a "ROBOT STORY" to boot and the source work for the film of the same name with Robin Williams in the lead should prove a temptation most difficult to ignore. First option of refusal to purchase the rest of the THE BICENTENNIAL MAN file consisting of all remaining authorial typescripts and correspondence will be tendered to the purchaser of this item. N. p. unknown
1950174492New York: Gnome Press Inc. 1950. A rare and early presentation copy inscribed to a fellow science fiction writer First edition presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For Dean McLaughlin where would we be without readers 12/2/50 Isaac Asimov". Dean Benjamin McLaughlin Jr. b. 1931 is an American science fiction author whose novels include Hawk Among the Sparrows 1968 which was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards for Best Novella and Dawn 1980 inspired by Asimov's own Nightfall 1941. This landmark collection of short stories includes "Liar" in which the author coined the term "robotics" and "Runaround" in which he sets out for the first time his Three Laws of Robotics. "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. The nine stories collected here were originally printed in the magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950. Octavo. Original red cloth spine lettered in black robot design to front cover in black. With dust jacket. Housed in a burgundy quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Lightly bumped; jacket slightly creased spine sunned as usual else bright and unclipped: a near-fine copy in near-fine jacket. Gia Jung "Our AI Overlord: The Cultural Persistence of Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics in Understanding Artificial Intelligence" Emergence 5 June 2018. hardcover
195017991ASSOCIATION COPY I ROBOT Gnome Press 1950 first edition some modest age toning to the top and fore edges two small blots of ink to the t.p.e.'s never bleeding through to the upper margin of the text else just about fine in vg/vg color pictorial dust-wrapper. Inscribed by the author to one of his publishers "To -Compliments of Susan Calvin the fictional central character of this title & Myself Isaac Asimov. Gnome Press unknown
1954140945130Garden City New York: Doubleday and Company 1954. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition stated first printing. Signed by Isaac Asimov on title page and inscribed to a former owner. 224 pp. Bound in publisher's original dark blue leatherette with spine lettered in red red topstain. Near Fine with light rubbing to spine ends pages tanned in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with sunning to spine and edges light edge wear and light toning. The first book in Asimov's Robot series very uncommon signed. Doubleday and Company unknown
195115444THE FOUNDATION TRILOGY FOUNDATION FOUNDATION & EMPIRE & SECOND FOUNDATION Gnome Press 1951 1952 & 1953 respectively first editions first state bindings and full color pictorial dust-wrappers 3 volumes all fine once open the covers snap back in like full color pictorial dust-wrappers with the slightest of wear. FOUNDATION & EMPIRE and SECOND FOUNDATION have bumps at the upper rear fore edge corner tips. This work awarded the HUGO for the best all time series. Editorial note: We would love to say that our dust-wrapper for FOUNDATION is the rare issue with the main character throughout the series name misspelled on the front dust-wrapper flap but ironically this major typo Hari Sheldon for Hari Seldon exists on all first printing dust-wrappers and was not caught until the second printing of this volume. To make matters even a bit more bizarre the misspelled name also exists on the rear flap of FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE. Signed postcard by Asimov laid in. Gnome Press unknown
1950169250New York: Gnome Press Inc. 1950. A robot may not injure a human being or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm First edition 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. 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. Gia Jung "Our AI Overlord: The Cultural Persistence of Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics in Understanding Artificial Intelligence" Emergence 5 June 2018. hardcover
1950140949001New York: Gnome Press 1950. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. 253 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in black. Near Fine with light wear at spine ends slight lean to binding and light foxing to text block edges. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with modest fading to spine panel light wear stray mark to front panel at right edge. Price crossed out with pen at front flap slight foxing to blindside. A superlative copy uncommon in such excellent shape. Asmiov's sci-fi classic that explores the ethics of artificial intelligence. Gnome Press unknown
195439015Garden 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 & Company, Inc hardcover
1957140942444Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company 1957. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Signed by Isaac Asimov and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with spine stamped in red. Near Fine with light lean to binding light toning to pages else very sharp and bright. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear light soiling and light fading to spine. Scarce. Doubleday & Company unknown
1951006743New York: Gnome Press 1951. Book. Illus. by David Kyle Edd Carter and Ric Binkley. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Editions. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An exceptional and RARE set all three books having been SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Isaac Asimov to the same lady in the most intriguing and charming manner - "Foundation" SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a passionate Southern gal Isaac Asimov" "Foundation and Empire" SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a persistent Southern gal Isaac Asimov" and "Second Foundation " SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "For Laura Jean a married Southern gal Isaac Asimov". Ah to have been a witness to THAT book signing where the sparks were obviously flying ! All three books stated Gnome Press First Editions "Foundation" in dark blue boards with red lettering at spine thinner and narrower paper and with dust jacket too large for this thinner book although stating First Edition 1951 on CP is actually the 1954 2nd Edition. Book is Very Good pages browning slight toning to edges of end pages top edge dusty in a Very Good dust jacket priced $2.75 front flap small chips at spine ends and flap fold tips. "Foundation and Empire" 1952 is First Edition First State in original red cloth in Second Issue dust jacket in blue tones. Book is Very Good pages uniformly browning. In Near Fine dust jacket small chips top and bottom edges rear panel at spine. "Second Foundation" 1953. is First Edition First State in original light blue boards spine stamped in brown Very Good cloth a bit rubbed at spine ends light toning to end pages at edges top edge soiled in a Very Good dust jacket 1/2" chip top edge front panel at spine light edge wear and soiling. Overall a Very Good set with unique Asimov inscriptions of this towering classic of the science fiction genre that continues to remain fresh and current. Gnome Press Hardcover
19287168New York: Robert H. Dodd 1928. First Edition. Hardcovers in slipcases with chemises. Fine/Very Good; Slipcases With Occasional Wear. Title continues: Compiled from Original Sources and Illustrated by Photo-Intaglio Reproductions of Important Maps Plans Views and Documents in Public and Private Collections.<p>Complete in six thick 4to volumes. Varying pagination. With maps documents photographs engravings and facsimiles of charters ordinances proclamations handbills broadsides surveys plans portraits and more. Many printed in color. The second volume is mostly concerned with Manhattan Island cartography including 96 plates some of which are double-page. The final volume contains an addendum an extensive bibliography by Victor H. Paltsits and an index to the entire work.<p>Top edges gilt others uncut. Publisher's half-vellum gilt lettering on spine over blue cloth boards with gilt device on front board. Housed in original dark blue chemises within slipcases. Chemises Good to Near Fine with slight darkening to spines; Vol. V chemise with a quarter-inch perforation on spine. Please see photo. Some slipcases with only occasional minor wear; the most egregious shown in photo with split starting and a slit at top edge. One of 360 copies printed on English handmade paper. Withal a superb set. With hundreds of maps views and architectural illustrations assembled from countless original sources Stokes' sweeping survey presents detailed chronologies and summaries of events and the personages involved up to 1909. A splendid set exceptional in the bright condition at-hand. HOWES S1026 "the most elaborate and comprehensive history of Manhattan". Robert H. Dodd hardcover
19512210308New York: Gnome Press 1951. First issue First issue and second issue. hardcover. Fine/Fine. All three books in the trilogy each in fine condition. Books two and three are first trade editions and book one is stated First Edition has correct $2.75 price on front flap of jacket but is less thick than the true first edition so generally considered a second issue of the first edition. Books two and three are the correct first edition first issue thickness. Foundation Second Foundation and Foundation and Empire all in remarkable condition. <br /> In Second Foundation short piece of tape on inside of dj not visible from outside. In Foundation and Empire narrow crack in rear hinge. Gnome Press unknown
1991USINMYF00acmfNoonday Press 1991. Very Good. Singer Isaac Bashevis. In my Father's Court. NY: Noonday Press 1991. 307pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with general rubbing and minor bumping. Panels smudged a bit. Former owner's name on last blank page. Noonday Press paperback
1950140946655New York: Gnome Press 1950. First Edition or Armed Services Edition. Near Fine. Though the publishing history is murky this is assumed to be either an example from the publisher's short foray into paperback publishing or an Armed Services edition. First edition wrappered issue according to Currey; though according to Chalker Gnome printed 5000 hardbound copies in 1950 and an additional 2500 were printed in 1951 as the trade paperback "Armed Forces Edition." Near Fine with light creases to wraps and light chipping at edges light foxing to textblock edge and contents heavily tanned. Exceedingly scarce in this format much more uncommon than the hardcover edition. Gnome Press unknown
196247808New York: Farrar Straus amd Cudahy 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 311p octavo Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Cecile Hemley. A little fading and a bump on the boards very good in a very good dust jacket with a corresponding scrape on the rear panel and a tiny nick on the front panel. Inscribed by the author" To my friend and colleague Bernard Malamud with my best wishes for a healthy and creative life Isaac B Singer" <br/><br/> Farrar , Straus amd Cudahy hardcover
195015527I ROBOT Gnome Press 1950 first edition 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 Iby Isaac to his 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. 7068.13 postpaid / insured Gnome Press unknown
199746690HEYNE WILHELM 1997. 1. hardcover. Roboter-Foundation Limitierte Sonderausgabe! FOUNDATION EDITION HEYNE, WILHELM hardcover
