Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space [signed]

Sagan, Carl [signed]

ISBN 10: 0679438416 / ISBN 13: 9780679438410

Published by Random House, 1994

About this Item

Hardcover with DJ, slightly larger than standard hardcover size. Black cloth spine and black paper over boards. Pictorial DJ showing large red planet beyond lunar landscape. DJ still glossy, now protected with mylar cover. There's a smudge on the inside of the DJ, not visible unless you go looking for it beneath the mylar. The book itself is bright and crisp and square and complete. Pictorial endpaper. Title page undated. Copyright page dated 1994 and stated First Edition, with number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. 429 pages. Illustrated in color. This copy is signed by the great Carl Sagan on the half title page: To Bob with warm good wishes, Carl Sagan. dated 12/8/94. Despite his long celebrity, Sagan signed very few books; this title, in particular, is rarely seen with signature.Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book (although they sometimes get right).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space [signed]
• Publisher: Random House
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679438416
• ISBN 13: 9780679438410
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed

About this title

Synopsis

"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS."
--The Washington Post Book World (front page review)

In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time.

Future generations will look back on our epoch as the time when the human race finally broke into a radically new frontier--space. In Pale Blue Dot Sagan traces the spellbinding history of our launch into the cosmos and assesses the future that looms before us as we move out into our own solar system and on to distant galaxies beyond. The exploration and eventual settlement of other worlds is neither a fantasy nor luxury, insists Sagan, but rather a necessary condition for the survival of the human race.

"TAKES READERS FAR BEYOND Cosmos . . . Sagan sees humanity's future in the stars."
--Chicago Tribune


From the Trade Paperback edition.

About the Author

Carl Sagan is the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Science and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University; and Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.