THE ROBOT AND THE MAN. New York: The Gnome Press Incorporated Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects ten stories by John D. MacDonald, Lewis Padgett, H. H. Holmes (Anthony Boucher), A. E. van Vogt, Lester del Rey, and others. Includes "Robots Return" by Robert Moore Williams, "a parable of machine evolution whose robot protagonists, visiting from their home on Mars, cannot believe that flesh creatures could have created them back on Earth ..." - SFE (online). A fine copy in very good dust jacket with several rubs and surface scuffs, light wear at spine ends and neat internal tape mends at spine ends. Presents well overall. (#168258).
Price: $250.00
First edition so stated on copyright page.