The Robots of Dawn

Isaac Asimov

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ISBN 10: 038518400X ISBN 13: 9780385184007

Published by Doubleday, 1983

Language: English

Used Condition: Good Hardcover

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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

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Title: The Robots of Dawn

Publisher: Doubleday

Publication Date: 1983

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Kiyoshi Kanai

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Intrepid sleuth Elijah Baley embarks on a mission to the planet Aurora to find the killer of a humaniform robot

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A puzzling case of roboticide sends New York Detective Elijah Baley on an intense search for a murderer. Armed with his own instincts, his quirky logic, and the immutable Three Laws of Robotics, Baley is determined to solve the case. But can anything prepare a simple Earthman for the psychological complexities of a world where a beautiful woman can easily have fallen in love with an all-too-human robot...?

A LITERARY GUILD DUAL SELECTION

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