Edition: 1978 First Ballantine Books edition, First US printing Condition & Characteristics: A cool little paperback with a cover foldout of a Don Davis painting. Some external shelf wear but otherwise good condition. Tight binding, clean text. Description: Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries.