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First edition, first printing, of the author's first robot novel, following his celebrated short story collection I, Robot (1950). A fusion of science fiction and mystery, the novel introduces the detective duo Elijah Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw, who investigate a murder in a futuristic New York. Asimov reflected that the "humaniform" robot Daneel was "possibly the most popular character in all my writings" (p. 168). The work was originally serialized in Galaxy magazine the previous year. In 2004, it was nominated for a retrospective Hugo Award for Best Novel of 1954. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in red, top edge red, fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Extremities a little rubbed, superficial split to front inner hinge; spine lightly sunned, extremities lightly creased, closed tear to rear panel discreetly repaired with tape to verso, short split and tiny chips to rear flap fold, else bright and unclipped: a near-fine copy in near-fine jacket. Currey, p. 16; Locke, vol. I, p. 24.

Robots and Empire is a science fiction novel by the American author Isaac Asimov and published by Doubleday in 1985. It is part of Asimov's Robot series, which consists of many short stories (gathered into several collections) and several novels featuring positronic robots.