The Right Stuff

New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); light gray cloth, with titling and decorations in metallic red, blue, and silver on spine, and Wolfe's facsimile signature stamped in silver on front cover; dustjacket; [x],[3],4-436,[2]pp. Hint of foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Fine, in a Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket, showing light wear to extremities and a faint crease to lower rear panel. Originally serialized as a four-part article in Rolling Stone. Basis for Philip Kaufman's 1983 film, starring Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, and Dennis Quaid. [81965].