Description
First edition of Broca’s Brain, signed by astronomer Carl Sagan.
Octavo, xv, 347pp, [2]. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. The first edition, first printing, with “First Edition” and corresponding number line on the copyright page. Clean text, light dust remnant along top edge of text block. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $12.95 on front flap, “5/79” date code on rear flap, light shelf wear, a near fine example.
Includes a letter from Carl Sagan’s assistant at Cornell University, agreeing to have Professor Sagan sign the book. This copy is signed on the half-title.
(Provenance: RR Auctions, September 2025, with associated paperwork)
