First UK edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in black, dust jacket. London, Grayson, 1952.
The first UK edition of this important work of science fiction, containing the first story in which Asimov sets out his three laws of robotics, which remain influential to the science fiction genre as well as to the ethics of artificial intelligence.
A very good copy, extremities worn and creased, some chipping to head and tail of spine, and two small tears to spine panel with loss, one small tear to top right of front panel, and some offsetting to endpapers.
