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London: Oxford University Press, 1936. Paperback - 1st UK edition; 8th impression, 1936. Translated from the Czech by P. Selver. The front of the cover is detached. Spine rather worn with chipped portions / loss at each end. Minor edgewear to the front and rear covers. Tanning on the page block and the first and last page. Despite the rear inner hinge being a little weak, the pages remain sound throughout. All text is clear. Taken from the Czech word 'robota', meaning "forced labor," the word "robot" was invented by Josef Capek during the writing of this play. CM. Paperback. Good. Used.

London ...: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1923. First edition. Loss of upper right front corner, tanning to edges and spine, slight loss to spie ends, a very good copy of an uncommon edition. (25403). Small octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-102 [103: ads] [104: blank], original printed black wrappers. This adaptation differs from that of the 1923 Doubleday, Page edition. "This play was first performed in 1921 in Prague and has since that time been translated and performed through the world. The word robot which Josef Capek coined for the play, based on the Czech word robota, 'forced labor,' has become a part of most modern languages." - Lewis, Utopian Literature, pp. 38-9. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-37; (1981) 2-13; (1987) 2-15; (1995) 2-16; and (2004) II-214. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 358. Negley, Utopian Literature 182. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1837-43. Bleiler (1978), p. 39.

Prague: Ceskoslevenske Divadelni a Literarni Jednatelstvi, 1954. Draft script for a 1954 production of the play originally written in 1920 by Karel Capek, produced in Prague. Rubber stamped production No. 5460 on the front wrapper. Issued by the Czechoslovak Theater and the original Prague literary agency for Capek's groundbreaking sci-fi play, the first fictional work to introduce the word "robot" and expand on the concept. Mimeograph duplication, perfect bound in card wrappers. 82 pages, rectos only. Ownership inscription on the title page in pencil. A name underlined in the cast section. Mild wear at corners from use, pages lightly toned, otherwise supple and firm. Near Fine overall.

London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A smart copy of the first UK edition of Karel Capek's science-fiction play. An important work of twentieth century science fiction, remarkable for introducing the word 'robot' to modern language. The first UK edition; translated into English in the same year in a US edition published by Doubleday. These two adaptations differ.First performed in the original Czech in 1921, the work quickly became influential, and by 1923 had been translated into thirty languages.Capek coined the word 'robot' in the play, based on the Czech word 'robota', or 'forced labor'. With blank paper mounted to the verso of the title page, covering the cast list of the first UK performance; this was done by the publishers to the first edition for copyright reasons.With the inscription of Percy Clark, dated June 1923, to the head of the title page.Single advertisement leaf to the rear.A very smart copy of a first… Read More

London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1923. First British Edition. First British edition. 102, [1, ad], [1, blank] pp. Bound in publisher's black wraps lettered in red. Small chip in top of front wrap near head, else Near Fine with typical slip pasted over cast on copyright page and associated wrinkling. This sci-fi play is the origin of the word "robot," borrowed from the Czech word "robota," for forced labor.