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Broca's Brain Sagan, Carl New York Randon House 1979 347pp, signed on the half title, not inscribed to anyone. Very good dust jacket is original and NOT price-clipped. First edition in very good original cloth, gilt title on spine. From the personal collection of Richard Jackson. Two tiny spots to fore edge. Sagan speculates on the primitive elements of the human mind and the ways the human brain today is coping with new discoveries about the cosmos. In his delightfully down-to-earth style, he explores and explains a mind-boggling future of intelligent robots, extraterrestrial life and its consquences, and other provocative, fascinating quandries of the future that we want to see today. Rare signed! Price: 248.92 USD
Cosmos Sagan, Carl New York Random House 1980 4to. Signed by Carl Sagan. Here is a scarce signed copy of Sagan’s most popular work, signed on the half title, not inscribed to anyone. Very good dust jacket is original and NOT price-clipped. First edition in very good clean original cloth. From the personal collection of Richard Jackson, previous owner's name in ink inside. "The last few millennia we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival. I believe our future depends on how well we know this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky." - Carl Sagan, Cosmos. Carl Sagan possessed an extraordinary talent to communicate the world of science in awe-inspiring, wondrous, and poetic terms. For a great many, he opened a doorway to the realization that we live as part of a wonderful, mysteriously intricate universe. Without question a must have for collectors of space exploration. Price: 396.92 USD
