The Early Asimov: Book One
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Overview:
- Title: The Early Asimov: Book One
- Author: Isaac Asimov
- Year: 1974
- Publisher: Fawcett Crest
- Price: $1.25
- Pages: 302
- Binding: Paperback
- Type: Collection
- Title Reference: Trends
- Notes:
- First printing.
- "Printed in the United States of America [over] June 1974"
- From the Copyright page, "This book comprises the first half of THE EARLY ASIMOV, and is reprinted by arrangement with Doubleday and Company, Inc."
- {{LCCN|72-76116}}
- Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club, December 1972
- Spine shows "449-02087-125"
- The introduction is not listed on the ToC, nor is it titled, not "Introduction" nor anything else. Instead of introducing every piece, Asimov writes a short bit at the end of every piece.
- The untitled introduction and the interspersed text has been cataloged in the single volume edition as "Biographical Commentary".
- A direct comparison between the October 1973 reprint of the trade edition, and the first printing [this record] of the volume 1 paperback from Fawcett indicates that the text at the bottom of 299 and the first 2 lines on page 300 appear on pages 266 and 267 of the trade edition. The bottom 5 paragraphs on page 300 are new material intended to tie the two paperback volumes together.