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The Right Stuff First edition, first printing cover

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe · Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979 · First edition, first printing

Market value · Unsigned, near fine
$207

Valued from 12 recorded sales in the last 12 months.

What a copy is worth

ConditionUnsignedSignedInscribed
Fine$40——
Near fine$207$628$628
Very good$175$534$534
Good$26——
Fair$21——

How to identify this edition

These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of The Right Stuff.

✓ Copyright page: “First printing, 1979” stated, under “All rights reserved”

✓ Dust jacket: silver jacket with the flag-and-eagle stripe, design by Kiyoshi Kanai, author’s photo on the back panel

✓ Price: $12.95 on the front flap (unclipped)

✓ Binding: light grey cloth, facsimile of the author’s signature in silver on the front board, spine lettered in blue and red, dark blue endpapers

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