Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure; namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny emapthetic powers, that made this book a classic.
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Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure; namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny emapthetic powers, that made this book a classic.
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Good. Pages are clean! The dust jacket has minor damage or small tear. There is staining on the text block edges Fast Shipping-Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
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Good. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages foxed, but without any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. 8vo. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1979. 436 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present. Bound in cloth boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name stamped to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure; namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves-in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers, that made The Right Stuff a classic. E-111; 8vo 8"-9" tall.
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Good+ in Good dust jacket. 0374250332. Signed, inscribed and dated by author on half title page. First edition thus. Hard cover published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1983. This is the first printing of the new edition. Light gray covers with silver stamped signature of author on front and blue and red lettering with silver stars on spine. Upper corner of front cover is bumped and bent, with some wrinkling. Other corners are bumped slightly. Name of a prior owner is written at top of half title page. Side edges of pages have a small stain near back side. Top edges of pages have slight smudging. Book is in good plus condition. Dust jacket has some edge wear, a small tear and crease at top of spine, and some wear at top front corner. DJ has slight scuffing and is in good condition. 8vo, 436 pages, 1.4 lb.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 436 pages; Signed by Author.
