THE RIGHT STUFF, INSCRIBED BY TOM WOLFE IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION
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 on the half title in the year of publication with Wolfe's characteristic flourish, "To Sally—Tom Wolfe. October 26 1979."
"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. .
Book with just a bit of faint soiling to rear panel, dust jacket fine. A very nearly fine copy.