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COSMOS (DJ protected by clear, acid-free mylar cover)
by Sagan, Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394502949
- ISBN 13
- 9780394502946
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394502949 . ; Full black cloth cover is bumped at lower corners and tail cap slightly turned in but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Very faint toning to end sheets and paste downs. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust jacket is lightly tattered along bottom edge and sunned but clean and overall in very good- condition. Publisher's price of $19.95 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a clear, acid-free mylar cover to preserve the DJ and add luster to magnify its beauty or improve its appearance. Pictured here without the mylar cover for an accurate visual of it's condition. ; 10.0 X 7.9 X 1.2 inches; 365 pages .
Synopsis
Carl Sagan was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University; Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; and the cofounder and President of the Planetary Society, the largest space-interest group in the world. For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, he was an adviser on the Mariner , Voyager , and Viking unmanned space missions, and he briefed astronauts for journeys to the moon. His Peabody Award-winning public television series, Cosmos , has been seen by more than 500 million people in over sixty countries, and the accompanying book spent seventy weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. The author of thirty books, Sagan was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence in 1978, and his novel Contact , is now a major motion picture. In their posthumous award to Dr. Sagan of their highest honor, the National Science Foundation declared that his research transformed planetary science ... his gifts to mankind were infinite. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6414
- Title
- COSMOS (DJ protected by clear, acid-free mylar cover)
- Author
- Sagan, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394502949
- ISBN 13
- 9780394502946
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0394502949
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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