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The Right Stuff | bound by artist in 2011 | $2500
by Tom Wolfe; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; New York; 1979; first edition
French technique full goatskin 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.
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.
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