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San Francisco: Holden-Day, Inc., 1966. Softcover. Very Good. 6 5/8 x 9 1/8. B&W illustrations. 1I A solid copy with attractive bright blue cover, apparently a later printing, although no printings are mentioned on the copyright page. Binding tight, spine uncreased. No marks. Some cover wear and creasing. Back cover sunned, pages lightly toned.

Translated by Paula Fern. Isaac Asimov notes "a single clear and interesting volume [with] all the latest facts bearing on the problem of life in the universe ... presented ... with a light-heartedness that makes the book sheer pleasure." I concur.

Holden-Day, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. No Edition Remarks. 509 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.

San Francisco: Holden-Day, Inc., 1966. ARC Advance Review Copy . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. San Francisco: Holden-Day, Inc., 1966. First Edition, review copy. Publisher's complimentary slips laid in. Octavo, 509 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering, photo-pictorial jacket. Association rubber stamp of noted San Francisco collector and bibliographer George King Fox at front pastedown, else near fine book in a very good plus or better jacket showing a bit of small-scale peripheral chipping. Scarce review copy of the first book in the distinguished scientific, educational, publishing and television career of noted Cornell scientist Carl Sagan, who would in those ways go on after this collaboration to become probably the most famous name worldwide within the subject of this book - exobiology. Replete with photographs, charts, and even cartoons, this hefty and rich compendium was used as a college textbook long after its publishing,… Read More

San Francisco, California: Holden-Day, Inc, 1966. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. Good/Good. xic, [2], 509, [3] pages. Illustrations (some in color). Tables. Figures. DJ has some wear, soiling, tears and chips. Includes Preface by Carl Sagan, A Note on Mathematical and Physical Units, Chapter 1: Perspectives; Chapter 2: Extraterrestrial life as a psychological projective test. Also contains chapters on The Universe; Life in the Universe; and a Bibliography. Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (1 July 1916 - 3 March 1985) was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist. He is remembered for work in theoretical astrophysics and other topics, as well as for his 1962 book on extraterrestrial life, the revised and expanded version of which was co-authored by American astronomer Carl Sagan in 1966 as Intelligent Life in the Universe. This was the first comprehensive discussion of this field. Discussing the biological as well as astronomical issues of the subject, its unique format, alternating… Read More