Washington Square Press, New York, 1973, 1st thus.  ISBN 0-671-46605-4.  Translated from the Czech by P. Selver and adapted for the English stage by Nigel Playfair.  MMPB, 114 pages for the play plus 24 pages for the Reader Supplement and Critical Excerpts.  Unread copy; binding tight.  Interior clean and unmarked; pages and outer page block tanned.  ‘Over fifty years have passed since Karel Capek pondered the question of the dehumanizing impact of technological progress upon mankind and expressed his views through the medium of a startling play.  But surely it must be only yesterday that he spoke, for the problems he posed in his society of robots are even more pertinent and demanding of solution in an age of computers, space voyages, and automation.  R.U.R. speaks of the way it is now – and casts fearful shadows upon the way it may be, if we cannot mold a better society.’ (from front page)