NMLP P-004108 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-04

The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

Carl Sagan · Random House · 1977

Book-of-the-Month Club editions lack the front-flap printed price (a blindstamped dot or square appears on the lower rear board) and do not follow the Random House first-printing convention. The combination of the stated 'First Edition' and the number line beginning at 2, plus the priced jacket, identifies the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-004108 for "The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence" by Carl Sagan (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004108, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).