The Right Stuff
$2,500.00
The Right Stuff, by Tom Wolfe. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. first edition
Full goatskin fine binding with laced-in boards. Edge-to-edge goatskin doublures, suede flyleaves. Goatskin backpared and cushioned onlays, some laser-printed; some areas sprinkled with gold leaf. Graphite and gold-sprinkled edges, hand sewn silk headbands. Bound 2011.
8.5 x 5.5 x 1.75"
Design inspired by Wolfe’s notion of single combat warriors battling the Cold War in the heavens on behalf of the US and USSR. Further inspiration from space-themed advertising of the era. Various patriotic and space race icons from the US and USSR portrayed as constellations, planets and spacecraft.
