THE ROBOT AND THE MAN ..
by Greenberg, Martin (editor)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Lower edge of pages 163-182 creased with some small tears (binding error?), a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with l
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Gnome Press Incorporated Publishers, [1953]. First edition. Lower edge of pages 163-182 creased with some small tears (binding error?), a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear at corner tips and spine ends, a small chip to the lower left front panel. (15474). Octavo, cloth-backed boards. Collects ten stories by John D. MacDonald, Lewis Padgett, H. H. Holmes (Anthony Boucher), A. E. van Vogt, Lester del Rey, and others. Includes "Robots Return" by Robert Moore Williams, "a parable of machine evolution whose robot protagonists, visiting from their home on Mars, cannot believe that flesh creatures could have created them back on Earth ..." - SFE (online).
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15474
- Title
- THE ROBOT AND THE MAN ..
- Author
- Greenberg, Martin (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - Lower edge of pages 163-182 creased with some small tears (binding error?), a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with l
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Gnome Press Incorporated Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1953]
- Keywords
- Anthology . SF
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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