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Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. New York: Gnome Press, Inc., [1950].8vo. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black; original illustrated dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK, in the First Issue binding. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR THE DAY AFTER PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper recto: "For: Alex Osheroff / who would have bought it anyway - a true blue guy / 12/3/50 Isaac Asimov."
Alex Osheroff (1923-1980) was an early science-fiction fan and editor who, alongside Sam Moskowitz, co-edited the fanzine Helios (June 1937) and later compiled The Fantasy Anthology Index (c. 1946), an early bibliographic guide that included anthologies containing Isaac Asimov's work. Both operated within the same New York-Newark science-fiction fandom of the 1930s and 1940s, situating Osheroff within the formative circle that included Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, and L. Sprague de Camp.
Condition: Small separation in cloth spine; light soiling to boards and spine; minor edgewear. Dust jacket unclipped (priced "$2.50"); scattered, light staining to jacket; some pale spotting or soiling to panel edges, particularly to rear panel; mild scuffing and light edgewear.
References: Currey, p. 17 (binding A).
Provenance: From the Henry Morrison Collection.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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