The Right Stuff

by Wolfe, Tom

What is it, I wondered, that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle, such as a Redstone, Atlas, Titan, or Saturn rocket, and wait for someone to light the fuse? I decided on the simplest approach possible. I would ask a few of the astronauts and find out - The men had it. Yeager. Conrad. Grissom. Glenn. Heroes. The first Americans in space - battling the Russians for control of the heavens, putting their lives on the line. The women had it. While Mr Wonderful was aloft, it tore your heart out that the Hero's Wife, down on the ground, had to perform with the whole world watching. The Right Stuff. It's the quality beyond bravery, beyond courage.

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by Tom Wolfe

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1979
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First Printing stated. Personal inscription to half-title page by Apollo 8 Astronaut William "Bill" Anders who took the iconic earthrise photograph as one of the first to orbit the moon. In light grey cloth with replica of author's signature, title and design motif in silver, red and blue foil. Shallow moisture stain to bottoms of boards and bottom page ends… Read more about this item
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The Right Stuff

by Tom Wolfe

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1983
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 436 pages. Wolfe's classic look at NASA and the early astronauts. The basis for a terrific movie with Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid and Scott Glenn. A tight near fine copy in cloth boards with some scattered foxing to the top edge of the pages… Read more about this item
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New York: Picador, 2008. Paperback. Near Fine,. A very neat bright copy with no creasing, in illustrated stiff wrappers, 352 pages. Paper stock very slightly age-toned. A magnificent adventure story exploring the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business… Read more about this item
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New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (1979). First edition. BOLDLY SIGNED on first blank page BY WOLFE and by ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN. His best-known, best-selling book which, in Wolfe's own words, grew out of curiosity about what "makes a man willing to sit up on top of an enormous Roman candle... and wait for someone to light the fuse." Winner… Read more about this item
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1979
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374250324 . Mild soiling to top edge. Mild edgewear, including small repaired tear, to dust jacket. Gently read. ; Tom Wolfe signature laid in. $12.95 price intact but with some ink on front dust jacket flap. First printing stated.… Read more about this item
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 436p. ; 23cm. Subjects: Astronauts -- United States.
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1979
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London : Jonathan Cape, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 436p. ; 23cm. Subjects: Astronautics -- United States -- History.
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Right Stuff, The

by Tom Wolfe

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1979
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Contents appear as unread & unblemished in DJ displaying moderate surface/edge wear, as shown. Tom Wolfe began The Right Stuff at a time when it was unfashionable to contemplate American heroism. Nixon had left the White House in disgrace, the nation was reeling from the catastrophe of Vietnam, and in 1979--the year … Read more about this item
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by Wolfe, Tom

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1979
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NY: Farrar Straus Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Page tops and bottoms lightly soiled, . price sticker on front jacket flap.. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374250324 . Off-white cloth binding. The classic book about the elite pilots and early astronauts in the NASA space program. Basis for the 1983 film. ; 8vo 8"… Read more about this item
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A history of American manned space flight, told with Wolfe's New Journalism panache. Basis of the film of the same name. 436 pages. First edition (first printing stated). A very copy in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket. Jacket with edge tears.
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1979
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book has 2 small white spots on front free endpaper/pastedown, tiny corner creases on 2 pages, light foxing to top edge, minor soiling/shelfwear, dj has a few tiny tears on edges/corners, light scratching to panels, minor creasing to edges, minor shelf/edgewear. A nice copy.
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by WOLFE, Tom

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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Bound in white cloth, stamped in silver, red and blue in matching silver dust jacket. The true first edition of this noted book on astronauts. Signed on the title page with the late author's usual flourish. Basis for the film of the same name; 436pp. Bottom corner of front panel… Read more about this item
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1979
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. The definitive book on the early days of the US space program, from Chuck Yeager & Joe Walker through the Mercury astronauts. Basis for the 1983 movie of the same name. This is the true FIRST EDITION, First Printing from… Read more about this item
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1979
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New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1979. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1979 F S & G Stated FIRST printing of Wolfe's classic story. A clean & tight copy in VG/VG condition. The HB is clean and unmarked and the unclipped $12.95 DJ has very minor wear at the spine ends and a bit… Read more about this item
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1979
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New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1979. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Nice tight copy. The true first from 1979. The book is sharp and tight with a small patch of foxing to bottom page edge. Jacket price clipped, quarter inch scratch to front panel. Nicer copy of this title than usually seen. … Read more about this item
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Right Stuff

Right Stuff

by Wolfe, Tom

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Bantam USA, 1981-03-20. Paperback. Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). A vivid and entertaining chronicle of America's manned space program Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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by Wolfe, Tom

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1983
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