Garden City, New York: Doubleday / SFBC, October 1975. Hardcover. Black boards with silver lettering in dust jacket labeled "Book Club Edition" at the bottom of the front flap. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Shelf and edge wear to jacket, including a few short tears and creases to top and bottom edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 206 pages.

A collection of 24 short stories by Isaac Asimov. Contents: Introduction; Darwinian Pool Room (1950); Day of the Hunters (1950); Shah Guido G. (1951); Button, Button (1953); The Monkey's Finger (1953); Everest (1953); The Pause (1954); Let's Not (1954); Each an Explorer (1956); Blank! (1957); Does a Bee Care? (1957); Silly Asses (1958); Buy Jupiter! (1958); A Statue for Father (1959); Rain, Rain, Go Away (1959); Founding Father (1965); Exile to Hell (1968); Key Item [Multivac] (1968); The Proper Study (1968); 2430 A.D. (1970); The Greatest Asset (1972); Take a Match (1972); Thiotimoline to the Stars (1973); Light Verse (1973)

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Seller: Books of the World (US)
Seller's Inventory #: RWARE0000001138
Title: Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
Author: Isaac Asimov
Illustrator: Michael Flanagan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Science Fiction Book Club
ISBN 10: 0385050771
ISBN 13: 9780385050777
Publisher: Doubleday / SFBC
Place of Publication: Garden City, New York
Date Published: October 1975
Keywords: science fiction, short stories, anthology, Darwinian Pool Room, Day of the Hunters, Shah Guido G, Button, Monkey's Finger, Everest, The Pause, Let's Not, Each an Explorer, Blank!, Does a Bee Care, Silly Asses, Statue for Father, Rain Rain Go Away
Bookseller catalogs: Science Fiction; Fiction;
Size: 8vo

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