First edition Hardback Robot series no. 1

I, Robot (1950)

In short

Quick answer

Who published the I, Robot first edition?
Gnome Press, New York, in 1950, in hardback.
What decides the price
  • It is the first edition, which is the one collectors want.
  • The original dust jacket carries much of the price for a book of this age; its condition matters as much as the book's.
  • Condition is graded separately for book and jacket, from Fine down to Poor.

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Publisher's practice

How Gnome Press marked its first editions

  • Gnome Press first printings of the Foundation books state "First Edition" on the copyright page.
  • The first-printing jacket of Foundation (1951) is priced $2.75 on the front flap.
  • Gnome books and jackets of this period give the publisher's address as 80 East 11th Street, New York 3.
  • Beware the Gnome Press Gray Lensman (E. E. Smith): it is a later reprint of the 1951 Fantasy Press edition that keeps the earlier copyright details, so it is often wrongly sold as a 1951 first.

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First impression

1950

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Who published the I, Robot first edition?

Gnome Press, New York, in 1950, in hardback.