I, Robot

New York: Gnome Press, Inc, 1950. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First Edition. 253 pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth. Lacks the dust jacket. An exlibrary copy with overall wear to the binding including corners, head/tail spine, etc. Letters "JA" inked on spine. Public library stamp and discarded note affixed to front flyleaf. A portion of a dust jacket affixed to front pastedown. The textblock is sound. While quite worn and well read, it is still a candidate for putting a designer binding on, or as a place holder until a better copy can be found. Cloth. The source of various modern cultural references in robotics the best known of which are the "Three Laws of Robotics"

1) A robot may not injure a human being, or, thorough inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2) A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law
3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law
- Handbook of Robotics, 56th edition, 2058 A.D. (page [7])

The book was made into a 2004 movie starring Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, and Bruce Greenwood. (Inventory #: 29418)