The Right Stuff

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. [sharp-looking copy, no discernible wear to book at all; the jacket shows only mild edgewear, one tiny closed tear at top of front panel]. Wolfe's nonfiction account of the exploits and ethos of the test pilots of the 1940s and 1950s, focusing especially on the stories of those who were selected to become the astronauts of the Mercury program, the first phase of America's space program. The basis for the 1983 movie of the same name, directed by Philip Kaufman, which was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won four. . (Inventory #: 29013)