R.U.R. - Rossums Univeral Robots - Translated from the Czech by P. Selver and adapted for the English stage by Nigel Playfair

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(London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press 1923). Second Impression. A small format softback production with red lettering to the front panel. This second impression was published in 1923 (the same year as the first edition and in identical format). There is slight sun-fading to the spine otherwise a VG+ copy. It comes with a contemporary review cut out from a newspaper, undated but 1923. R.U.R. is a 1920 science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Capek. "R.U.R." stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti. R.U.R. garnered worldwide acclaim for its author and popularised the word "Robot". The play had its world premiere on 2 January 1921 in Hradec Králové; it introduced the word "robot" to the English language and to science fiction as a whole. Photographs/scans available upon request.

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R.U.R. - Rossums Univeral Robots - Translated from the Czech by P. Selver and adapted for the English stage by Nigel Playfair

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1923

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