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Cosmos
by Sagan, Carl
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394502949
- ISBN 13
- 9780394502946
- Seller
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated, First Printing with correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Some very light foxing on front text block and inside boards. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped, with very slight edge curl. This collectible, "NEAR FINE" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a clear polyester archival cover. Beautiful collectible copy of this scarce title at a reasonable price! Unread. GIFT QUALITY
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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- Bookseller
- rarefirstscom
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007095
- Title
- Cosmos
- Author
- Sagan, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394502949
- ISBN 13
- 9780394502946
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- 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....
- Remainder
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