“THE WORLD WAS DIVIDED INTO THOSE WHO HAD IT AND THOSE WHO DID NOT”: THE RIGHT STUFF, SIGNED BY TOM WOLFE
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, boldly signed by him on a tipped-in leaf with his characteristic flourish.
"Wolfe at his very best… technically accurate, learned, cheeky, risky, touching, tough, compassionate, nostalgic, worshipful, jingoistic—The Right Stuff is superb" (New York Times). 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 fine, only light wear to near-fine dust jacket. A handsome signed copy.