Books

Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1954. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by Isaac Asimov on title page and inscribed to a former owner. 224 pp. Bound in publisher's original dark blue leatherette with spine lettered in red, red topstain. Near Fine with light rubbing to spine ends, pages tanned, in a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with sunning to spine and edges, light edge wear and light toning. The first book in Asimov's Robot series, very uncommon signed.

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.

The first edition can often be identified by the dust jacket featuring an artwork by Alan Wallerstein, with 'Doubleday & Company' and 'Garden City, New York' mentioned on the copyright page, along with the complete number line that includes '1'