Robot Visions

Overview:

  • Title: Robot Visions
  • Author: Isaac Asimov
  • Year: 1990
  • ISBN-10: 0451450000
  • Publisher: Roc / Penguin
  • Price: $18.95
  • Pages: x+482
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: Liar!
  • Notes:
    Stated 1st printing of this U.S.A. edition, by number line. Title page:
    • "Isaac Asimov [over] Robot Visions [over] Illustrated by [over] Ralph McQuarrie [over] A Byron Preiss Visual [over] Publications, Inc., Book"
    • Roc colophon [over] "A Roc Book"
    1st copyright page:
    • "ROC [over] Published by the Penguin Group"
    • "First published by Roc, an imprint of Penguin Books USA Inc."
    • "Published simultaneously in Canada."
    • "First Printing, April, 1990"
    • Number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"
    • "Copyright © 1990 Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc."
    • "Copyright © Introduction: 1990 by The Robot Chronicles, Nightfall, Inc."
    • "Copyright © Illustrations: 1990 Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc."
    • Acknowledgements start here (see detail below).
    2nd copyright page:
    • Acknowledgements continue.
    • Roc colophon. "Roc is a trademark of Penguin Books USA Inc."
    • "Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 90-60121" (missing the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data)
    • "Printed in the United States of America"
    • "Cover painting by Ralph McQuarrie."
    • "Cover design by Alex Jay/Studio J."
    • "Editorial Consultant: Martin H. Greenberg"
    • "Book design by Alex Jay/Studio J."
    • No ISBN.
    Back cover:
    • "LE5000" (ROC catalog #)
    • "ISBN 0-451-45000-0"
    • Barcode: "9 780451 450005 / 90000"
    Front dc inside flap:
    • "U.S. $18.95" in bold font [over] "Canada $24.95" in smaller, non-bold font.
    • "Robot Visions [over] 36 Stories and Essays by [over] Isaac Asimov" (note there are only 35)
    Back dc inside flap:
    • "Jacket illustration by Ralph McQuarrie"
    • "A Byron Preiss Book"
    Contents on numbered pages ix-x. At the end of Robots I Have Known, on page 410: "*This essay was written in 1956, ...(etc)". This contradicts the copyright date given in the Acknowledgements (copyright © 1954) and information given here. Day (03) from Amazon UK as of 2023-04-25. Dims: 22.2 x 14.3 cms (8.75" x 5.6") (h x w). Blue boards with pink overlay. Gloss finish dc. Gloss cover.

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