ISBN10: 038533320X, ISBN13: 9780385333207, [publisher: Delacorte Press] Hardcover First Edition Second printing. A memoir of a young man from a West Virginia coal town who loved rockets. A terrific story. Dust jacket and text are in as new condition. In protective covers.
[Crosby, ND, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]

Delacorte Pubns Inc, Date: 1998. Hardcover. New. 384 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. 1998. Delacorte Pubns Inc ISBN 038533320X 9780385333207 [GB]

ISBN10: 038533320X, ISBN13: 9780385333207, [publisher: Delacorte Pubns Inc] Hardcover 384 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1998]

ISBN10: 038533320X, ISBN13: 9780385333207, [publisher: Delacorte Press, NY] Hardcover The dustjacket shows light edgewear. Inscription from the author on the title page.
[Rome, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]

New York: Delacorte Press, Date: 1998. Hardcover. 1st edition, 1st printing. 368 pp. Fine book (no markings) / Fine dust jacket (price not clipped). A clean, fresh copy. 1998. Delacorte Press ISBN 038533320x 9780385333207 [US]

ISBN10: 038533320X, ISBN13: 9780385333207, [publisher: Delacorte Press] Hardcover First Edition Delacorte Press, October, 1998. Cloth. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Unstated first edition with full number line starting with "1". 9-1/2" tall, 368 numbered pages; mottled tan boards with darker tan cloth quarter binding, electric blue lettering on spine only; "HHH" blind stamped near meddle of front board; plain navy blue end pages. Spine slightly bumped at head and heel; spine & hinges strong; interior clean and completely unmarked. Jacket has very tiny abrasion at head of spine; an odd minor manufacturing defect--front cover has over a dozen pencil-point thin creases where clear laminate was apparently improperly applied to paper--longest is 2 inches; publisher's price of "$23.95 U. S. / $32.95 Can." on front flap. Fine copy in like jacket, both without wear. No other discernible or objectionable faults on book or jacket such as marks or writing within, stains, tears, chips, or other damage that would diminish its appearance. No remainder mark, no previous owner markings or inscriptions, not price clipped, not a book club edition, not a former library book. A wonderful memoir of growing up in a poor coal mining town, building rockets in high school, and becoming a NASA scientist.
[Maryland Heights, MO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: ...
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Delacorte Pubns Inc 1998 Hardcover New 384 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches.

Delacorte Press 1998-09-14 hardcover Very Good Size: 5x1x8; 1998 third printing, Delacorte Press (New York), rebound in 6 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches tall green leather embossed gilt ruling and designs to front cover, six raised bands and gilt designs and lettering to spine, xii, 368 pp. Slight to moderate soiling and rubbing to covers. Moderate soiling to page edges. Slight soiling or creasing to a few pages. Otherwise, a very good copy, giving a splendid shelf appearance in a magnificent custom leather binding. ~SP30~ [2.0P] The first memoir in a series of four by American engineer Homer Hickam Jr., originally published in 1998 as Rocket Boys. Later editions were published under the title October Sky as a tie-in to the 1999 film adaptation by that name. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boy's pursuit of amateur rocketry in that town. The book won the W.D. Weatherford Award in 1998. Today, it is one of the most often picked community/library reads in the United States. It is also studied in many school systems around the world. October Sky was followed by The Coalwood Way (2000), Sky of Stone (2002), and Carrying Albert Home (2015). Rocket Boys was made into a film in 1999, titled October Sky (an anagram of 'Rocket Boys').

ISBN10: 038533320X, ISBN13: 9780385333207, [publisher: Delacorte Press] Hardcover 1998 third printing, Delacorte Press (New York), rebound in 6 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches tall green leather embossed gilt ruling and designs to front cover, six raised bands and gilt designs and lettering to spine, xii, 368 pp. Slight to moderate soiling and rubbing to covers.Moderate soiling to page edges.Slight soiling or creasing to a few pages. Otherwise, a very good copy, giving a splendid shelf appearance in a magnificent custom leather binding. ~SP30~ [2.0P] The first memoir in a series of four by American engineer Homer Hickam Jr., originally published in 1998 as Rocket Boys. Later editions were published under the title October Sky as a tie-in to the 1999 film adaptation by that name. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boy's pursuit of amateur rocketry in that town. The book won the W.D. Weatherford Award in 1998. Today, it is one of the most often picked community/library reads in the United States. It is also studied in many school systems around the world. October Sky was followed by The Coalwood Way (2000), Sky of Stone (2002), and Carrying Albert Home (2015). Rocket Boys was made into a film in 1999, titled October Sky (an anagram of 'Rocket Boys').
[Menifee, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: ...
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Delacorte Press 1998 1st Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine jacket DJ in archival cover. October 1968 with a full number line starting with 1.

ISBN10: 038533320X, ISBN13: 9780385333207, [publisher: Delacorte Press] Hardcover First Edition DJ in archival cover. October 1968 with a full number line starting with 1.
[Garrison, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]

Delacorte Press 1998-09-15 Hardcover New Size: 5x1x8; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

ISBN10: 038533320X, ISBN13: 9780385333207, [publisher: Delacorte Press] Hardcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.1
[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]

Delacorte Press 1998-09-15 Hardcover New Size: 5x1x8; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York Delacorte Press 1998 1st Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine jacket 8vo., 368pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save some very gentle bumping at the spine ends but quite minor. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($23.95), has a hint of edge-wear but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy.

ISBN10: 038533320X, ISBN13: 9780385333207, [publisher: Delacorte Press, New York] Hardcover First Edition 8vo., 368pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save some very gentle bumping at the spine ends but quite minor. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($23.95), has a hint of edge-wear but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy.
[Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]
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ISBN10: 038533320X, ISBN13: 9780385333207, [publisher: New York, Delacorte Press / Bantam Doubleday.] Softcover Advance Uncorrected Proof. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 378 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new. Looking back after a distinguished NASA career that fulfilled his boyhood ambition, Hickam shares the story of his youth, taking readers into the life of the little mining town and the boys who came to embody both its tensions and its dreams. With the help -- and sometimes hindrance -- of the people of Coalwood, the Rocket Boys learn not only how to turn mine scraps into rockets that soar miles into the heavens, but how to find hope in a town that progress is passing by. A uniquely American memoir, "Rocket Boys" is at once an inspiring chronicle of triumph and a luminous story of a mother's love, a father's fears, and a young man's coming of age. With the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Homer Hickam beautifully captures a moment when a dying town, a divided family, and a band of teenage dreamers dared to look beyond their differences and set their sights on the stars -- and saw a future that the nation was just beginning to imagine. [From publisher's notes] Sprache: english.
[Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland] [Publication Year: ...
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