Hickam Jr., Homer H.

Rocket Boys; A Memoir

New York: Delacorte Press (1998), 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x-xii, [5], 2-368 pp. Quarter cream cloth over cream paper boards with blue lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $23.95 on front flap of jacket. A nice copy of Hickam's wonderful memoir of his boyhood in Coalwood, West Virginia in which he and a group of friends became interested in rocketry, an interest that eventually led Hickam to a long career at NASA as an aerospace engineer. Near Fine / Fine. Item #000011848

Near Fine with a tiny bump to the edge of the rear board in a Fine dust jacket.

Price: $45.00