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THE RIGHT STUFF
by Tom Wolfe
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /Good
- ISBN 10
- 0224014439
- ISBN 13
- 9780224014434
- Seller
-
THETFORD, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
LONDON: JONATHAN CAPE. Second printing of the UK first edition(which was first published in 1979). Hard cover with dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. DJ spine has a narrow semicircular tear about 6cm long. Not price clipped. Black boards. Lightly tanned pages with a few marks of slight staining/foxing. Otherwise clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. . Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 1980.
Synopsis
What is it, I wondered, that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle, such as a Redstone, Atlas, Titan, or Saturn rocket, and wait for someone to light the fuse? I decided on the simplest approach possible. I would ask a few of the astronauts and find out - The men had it. Yeager. Conrad. Grissom. Glenn. Heroes. The first Americans in space - battling the Russians for control of the heavens, putting their lives on the line. The women had it. While Mr Wonderful was aloft, it tore your heart out that the Hero's Wife, down on the ground, had to perform with the whole world watching. The Right Stuff. It's the quality beyond bravery, beyond courage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008839
- Title
- THE RIGHT STUFF
- Author
- Tom Wolfe
- Illustrator
- CRAIG DODD(JACKET ART)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0224014439
- ISBN 13
- 9780224014434
- Publisher
- JONATHAN CAPE
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1980
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
Biblio member since 2005
THETFORD, Norfolk
About TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
I am a bookseller of predominantly used(second hand) books. I specialise in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, British and American comics, TV and Film books and magazines. I also sell other varieties of fiction and non-fiction. Including historical novels, poetry, history books, native american history, new age, philosophy, motivational books, classics.
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