FIRST EDITION OF THE RIGHT STUFF, ELABORATELY INSCRIBED BY TOM WOLFE WITH AN ORIGINAL COLOR GEOMETRIC DECORATION
WOLFE, Tom. The Right Stuff. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, (1979). Octavo, original gray cloth, original dust jacket.
First edition of Wolfe's award-winning classic about America's early manned space program, inscribed calligraphically across the entire front free endpaper with Wolfe's characteristic flourish and an original color geometric embellishment: "For Toby and Irving from Tom Wolfe with a big wave and warm best wishes from Sheila and me."
"Wolfe at his very best… technically accurate, learned, cheeky, risky, touching, tough, compassionate, nostalgic, worshipful, jingoistic—The Right Stuff is superb" (New York Times). The basis for the acclaimed 1983 film written and directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Sam Shepard and Ed Harris. With "First printing, 1979" on copyright page.
An about-fine inscribed copy.