Description
The first edition, first printing of Rocket Boys: A Memoir by Homer H. Hickam, Jr.
Octavo, xvi, 368pp. Cream paper boards over cream cloth spine, title in blue on spine, author’s initials blind stamped on front cover. Full number line beginning with “1” on copyright page. Blue endpapers. In the publisher’s fine dust jacket, $23.95 retail price on front flap. An attractive example.
Adapted into the 1999 film October Sky, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, and Laura Dern.
