8vo. Original red cloth [Currey binding A, priority established] stamped in black (light spotting to top edge); dust jacket (spine faded, a touch of wear to spine ends).

FIRST EDITION of Asimov’s second book, containing nine positronic robot stories that have been considered “by most critical accounts one of the most influential books in the history of modern science fiction because it established new conventions for writing robot stories” (Touponce, Isaac Asimov, p. 32). This collection includes the story (Runaround) in which Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics", a fictional framework for AI safety, first appears. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction 4-40; Currey, p.17.

[With:] ASIMOV. I, Robot. New York: Signet, 1956. Original pictorial wrappers. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION.