Description
First edition, first printing of The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe.
Octavo, [10], 436pp. Gray cloth, title stamped in blue on spine, signature stamped in silver on front board. Stated “first printing, 1979” on copyright page. Solid text block, appears unread, vibrant blue endpapers, a fine example. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $12.95 retail price on front flap, faint shelf wear, full portrait of author on back panel, a near fine example.
An exceptional copy.
Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff was first published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1979, based on Wolfe’s earlier magazine reporting on the Mercury astronauts and the culture of early American test pilots. It was adapted into an Academy Award-winning movie in 1983, starring Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn and Dennis Quaid.
