Isaac Asimov — Opus: A Selection from the First 200 Books

London, Andre Deutsch, 1980. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Isaac Asimov's second 'Opus' collection, comprising samples from an array of his diverse works. An uncommon first UK edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A fantastic anthology for which Isaac Asimov has chosen passages representing all the diverse fields in which he has written. Including of course his mastery of hard science fiction, as well as popular science, works of reference, history, religion, detective fiction, literature and humour. Asimov, considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers of his time, wrote or edited more than 500 books. Most of his popular science books explain concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is smart, with a few marks to the wrap and mild edge wear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.