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London: QPD, 1999 In 1957, 14 year old Sonny Hickam and his mates decide to build a rocket to rival the Russians by forming the Big Creek Misile Agency. The delightful true story of adolescent dreams and their fulfillment nearly 25 years later when he joins NASA. 368 pages.

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,colour pictorial illustrated wrap- around artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+ fore-edges generally bright; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Sharp-cornered,bright,clean,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate,plain cream endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, x-xiipp+2-368pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,contents list/table,26 chapters+epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and author's note. When Sputnik,the world's first space satellite,flies over the small mining town of Coalwood,West Virginia… Read More

HARDBACK NOW FILMED AS ?OCTOBER SKY," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1998* Publisher: Fourth Estate.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Very slight bumps to tail of spine & lower front corner, no rubs, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £15.99. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine, now in clear un-attached protective jacket. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 362 pp. text. vi pp. epilogue at rear.* Description: Inspired by Werner von Braun and his Cape Canaveral team, 14-year-old Homer Hickam decided in 1957 to build his own rockets. They were his ticket out of Coalwood, West Virginia, USA, a mining town that everyone knew was dying--everyone except Sonny's father, the… Read More