Published by Ballantine Books, 1986
ISBN 10: 0345336895 ISBN 13: 9780345336897
Seller: -OnTimeBooks-, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
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Published by Ballantine, NY, 1981
ISBN 10: 0345288238 ISBN 13: 9780345288233
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 6th printing, Dec. 1981. Cover art by Jon Lomberg. Creasing; tanning; edgewear; minor tears to one pahe.
Published by Ballantine, NY, 1980
ISBN 10: 0345288238 ISBN 13: 9780345288233
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good to Very Good-. [1st printing] Oct. 1980. Cover art by Jon Lomberg. Creasing; tanning; edgewear; minor tears to one pahe.
Published by Random House, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394501691 ISBN 13: 9780394501697
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.
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Published by Random House, 1976
Seller: Loyal Oak Books, Norton, OH, U.S.A.
Hard. Condition: Good. Has 263 pages in a tight binding. There are 16 illustrations.
Published by Carl Sagan
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.6.
Published by Random House, New York, New York, U. S. A., 1979
ISBN 10: 0394501691 ISBN 13: 9780394501697
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Book Is Bound In Black Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has Moderate Wear.
Published by Random House, NY, 1979
Seller: Dick's Book Barn, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: VG/vg; Ex-library copy, dj bro.
Published by Brilliance Audio, 2017
ISBN 10: 1531888496 ISBN 13: 9781531888497
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
No Binding. Condition: new.
Published by Random House, New York, NY, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394501691 ISBN 13: 9780394501697
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; Second Printing. 347 pages; foxing to the exterior edges of textblock. Light fading. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
Hardcover. 1st edition.
Published by Random, 1979
Seller: Canford Book Corral, Freeville, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: FINE. A FINE bright tight copy in a VG+ bright MYLAR covered dust jacket!.
Published by Random House, Inc, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394501691 ISBN 13: 9780394501697
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket.
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Random House, New York, 1979
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lomberg, Jon (jacket illustration); Aulicino, Robert (jacket design) (illustrator). Fine condition black cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in a very good condition dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Carl Sagan; Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction; References; Index and About the Author. The upper jacket spine edge is moderately chipped, some light scattered jacket edge rubbing (see photographs). All pages are in fine condition and the binding is exceedingly tight and square (see photographs). " "We live in an extraordinary age," writes Carl Sagan, one of our leading astronomers. "As long as there have been human beings, we have posed deep and fundamental questions on the origins of consciousness; life on our planet; the beginnings of the Earth; the origins of the Sun; the possibility of intelligent beings somewhere up there, as well as the grandest inquiry of all, the advent, nature and ultimate destiny of the universe. For all but the last instant of human history, these issues have been the exclusive province of philosophers and poets, shamans and theologians. But today, as a result of knowledge painfully extracted from nature through generations of careful thinking, observing and experimenting, we are on the verge of glimpsing at least preliminary answers to many of them." It is with these preliminary solutions that this book is concerned. Our most eloquent spokesman for science to the layman, Dr. Sagan has the rare ability to make the reader share with him his enthusiasm and excitement over what we have found out in the past few years about "that vast universe in which we are embedded like a grain of sand in a cosmic ocean," and most particularly what we have learned about our own solar system. This is a wonderfully lucid account of recent astronomical discoveries, linked to discoveries about the human mind, which Dr. Sagan explored so dramatically in his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Dragons of Eden, and which he has used her as a touchstone against which to try age-old philosophical and theological concepts. Science, Dr. Sagan explains, is not a body of knowledge but a way of looking at the world -- a creative questioning, probing, testing of all things. Whenever we go below the surface, connect two facts, or refuse to accept blindly a piece of received information, we are practicing science. In these terms, the human affection for pseudoscience -- the pernicious belief, in the absence of good evidence, in ancient astronauts, UFO's, ESP, and so on -- becomes less and less tenable in an age that is hovering on the brink of astonishing scientific progress. Dr. Sagan examines the reasons that human beings cling so tenaciously to these notions and suggest a relationship to religious beliefs. He demolishes such borderline science in a model demonstration of the scientific method, and with equal style and vigor pays tribute to the achievements of real science. The true giant figures in this book are Paul Broca, the mid-nineteenth-century French surgeon, neurologist and anthropologist who discovered that different parts of the brain control different kinds of thinking; Robert Goddard, the father of modern space exploration; and Albert Einstein, whose centennial this is. But Dr. Sagan also acknowledges countless others who have pushed forward the frontiers of knowledge. This is a book on the joys of finding out how the world works, on the romance of the scientific endeavor." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.
Published by Random House, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394501691 ISBN 13: 9780394501697
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing, with The Random House method of number line and "first edition" slug. Light shelf wear. Hinges intact but a bit stretched. Brief gift inscription on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket is price-clipped and worn at the spine ends. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Random House, New York, 1979
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stated first edition with the correct number sequence. A collection of astronomical and other scientific essays by the author of COSMOS and host of the famed PBS series. A near fine copy with tiny spine nicks clean and unmarked.
Published by Random House 1979, 1979
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
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Published by Random House, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394501691 ISBN 13: 9780394501697
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First edition. 24 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 347pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Stated first edition with number line beginning in 2 as is typical for Random House first printings. Original price of $12.95 present on front flap. Some edgewear to the jacke.t. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.
Published by Random House, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394501691 ISBN 13: 9780394501697
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Ink stamp to FEP. Tear to jacket base at rear panel with creasing. ; 9.20 X 6 X 1.10 inches; 347 pages.
Published by Random House, New York, 1979
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Stated first edition. The famed astronomer grapples with fundamental questions of science in the style he made famous with COSMOS. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked.
Published by Random House, New York, 1979
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The book explores the relationship between the exploration of the solar system and recent discoveries about the human mind. Fine in fine dw, from the library of writer Sigrid Nunez, with her signature at the bottom of the front end paper.
Published by Random House, New York, 1979
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing with the "First Edition" statement and with the number line down to the number 2 as called for with the publisher Random House. This book measures approximately 9.5" x 6.5", with 347 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Minor bumping to the head of spine. Gilt lettering on spine still bright and well preserved. Minor sun-fading to the edges. Minor staining and wear to the edges of the textblock. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor creasing and edgewear to the extremities. Original $12.95 price on front flap. Written by astrophysicist Carl Sagan, this book discusses debunking "paradoxes", our solar system, and God. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N3-41).
Published by Random House, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394501691 ISBN 13: 9780394501697
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.