The First Rescue Party
First Edition. Pictorial dustwrapper by Fuzzy Ludwig, translated by M. and R. Weatherall.
A late work by the celebrated Czech author, best known for his 1920 science fiction play R.U.R., which introduced the word “robot” to the English language. The current work is an atypical venture into social realism, set among Czechoslovakian coal miners.
Karel Čapek, (1890-1938).
The First Rescue Party.
New York: Macmillan, 1940.
Lehigh University Catalog Record: https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/10994146
A version of this text has been digitized and is available through the Internet Archive.
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