Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of Contact by Carl Sagan. First Edition stated, 1985 Simon & Schuster. First printing with complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong gilt on the spine, lightly foxed page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Very Good condition with a large diagonal cut on the second free end paper presumably to remove the previous owner’s name. A mark was also made on the Praise page. No other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The price-clipped dust jacket is in Very Good condition with moderate surface and edge wear, and a price sticker on the front flap. First issue jacket looks great in a new archival wrap.
In Contact by Carl Sagan, astrophysicist Dr. Rebecca Blake deciphers a message from outer space and finds that the message contains directions for the construction of a complicated machine.
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