"WOLFE AT HIS VERY BEST": FIRST EDITION OF THE RIGHT STUFF, BOLDLY SIGNED BY TOM WOLFE
WOLFE, Tom. The Right Stuff. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, (1979). Octavo, original gray cloth, original dust jacket. $1650.
First edition of Wolfe's award-winning classic about America's early manned space program, signed by him on the half title with his characteristic flourishes.
"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, dust jacket with two tape repairs to verso. A near-fine copy.