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First edition

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. First edition, first printing.
$25One copy · this copy

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Book
Near Fine
Jacket
Very Good
Jacket note
The dust jacket grades Very Good.
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What we checked, and where to see itRCB-8eb161e902ce · 9 photographs of this copy
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Copyright page states "First printing, 1979"
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ISBN 0-374-25032-4 printed at foot of rear jacket flap
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 19 Union Square West imprint
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Tan cloth boards with gilt-stamped Wolfe signature device on front cover
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Jacket design by Kiyoshi Kanai
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Flaws, each one named
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Light soiling and toning to white jacket, front panel
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Toning/soiling to jacket spine panel
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Minor edge wear to jacket extremities
noted on the copy in hand
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Small dark spot on top page-block edge
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Faint reddish mark at inner front board/hinge area
This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1979, cloth in jacket

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.