Collection of three first edition books, all hardcovers with dust jackets, including: Cosmos, signed and inscribed on the title page, "For Shirley, Sine qua non. With admiration & affection & gratitude. Carl"; Contact, signed and inscribed on the title page, "For Jenny & Steve, With best wishes and warm regards, Carl, 9/26/85"; and Mars and the Mind of Man, signed and inscribed on the title page, "For Dale Corson, with all good wishes, Carl Sagan." In overall very good to fine condition, with some wear to dust jackets. From the collection of Shirley Arden, who worked as an assistant to Carl Sagan for several years in the 1970s and 1980s, playing a critical role in his success. Dale Corson was the eighth president of Cornell University and served on the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
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