The Caves of Steel
by Isaac Asimov
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Simi Valley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. . Book club edition. Signed and personally inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket shows minor wear, chipping on the edges, and rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.
Synopsis
The Caves of Steel is a novel by Isaac Asimov. It is essentially a detective story, and illustrates an idea Asimov advocated, that science fiction is a flavor that can be applied to any literary genre, rather than a limited genre itself. Specifically, in the book Asimov's Mysteries, he claims that he wrote the novel in response to the claim by editor John W. Campbell that mystery and science fiction were incompatible genres.
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- Seller
- Schwabe Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- mon0002924277
- Title
- The Caves of Steel
- Author
- Isaac Asimov
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc.
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book;
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About the Seller
Schwabe Books
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Simi Valley, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...