Rand Atlas Shrugged

Rand, Ayn: Atlas Shrugged. 1957. Cloth.

New York: Random House.1957. First edition. Stated first printing. Thick octavo. Green gilt decorated cloth. Gilt titling is slightly faded. Cloth is faintly scuffed else a very good copy of the first print of author Ayn Rand's controversial masterpiece which according to a survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club was the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible!.

[SW: Literature]

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Rand, Ayn: Atlas Shrugged. 1957. Cloth with dustjacket. First edition.

New York: Random House. 1957. Stated first printing. Stout octavo. Gilt decorated aqua green cloth. Fine in dustjacket with just a trace of wear to the extremities else almost fine. A spectacular, bright, beautiful and tight copy of author Ayn Rand's seminal book seldom encountered in this beautiful condition. Includes the $6.95 price and 10/57 on the front flap. A great book in great condition. Rare.

[SW: Literature]

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Anne Conover,Heller: Ayn Rand and the World She Made, Random House Inc., November 2010 ISBN: 1400078938
A passionate advocate of laissez-faire capitalism and individual rights, Rand remains a powerful force in the political perceptions of Americans today. This seminal biography examines the life and roots of the controversial author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.

NEUBUCH! 205 mm x 134 mm x 33 mm

[SW: Amerikanistik / Literaturwissenschaft, Englische Bücher / Biografie, Erinnerung, Englische Bücher / Geisteswissenschaften / Literaturwissenschaft, Biography & Autobiography / Literary, Biography & Autobiography / Women]

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Rand, Ayn: THE FOUNTAINHEAD,

New York Bobbs Merrill 1943. Cloth, 8vo, 754 pages. Later printing of the first edition, with no printings stated but with all the other first edition points. In the second state dustjacket. Red cloth lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine . The dustjacket features a3.00 price at the base of the front flat and a photo of the author along with three reviews of the book at the rear. All points are present: Page 9: The "9" looks like an "o" at the bottom. Page 321, Line 5: "referred" is spelled "refrred". Page 381, Line 4: The "G" in "G. W. " is slightly smaller. Page 480, Line 2: "Dominique" is spelled "Domininque". Rand was born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum in 1905, into a middle-class family living in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the eldest of three daughters (Alisa, Natasha, and Nora) . Her parents were, Zinovy Zacharovich Rosenbaum and Anna Borisovna Rosenbaum, agnostic and largely non-observant Jews. Her father was a chemist and a successful pharmaceutical entrepreneur who earned the privilege of living outside the Jewish Pale of Settlement. (Wikipedia, 2010) . This book was Rand's first major literary success which became a huge seller, matching the later popularity of Atlas Shrugged. Made into a Hollywood film in 1949, with Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal in the lead roles, it has become an enduring piece of literature, more popular now than when published in 1943. On the surface, it is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper columnist, Ellsworth Toohey. But the book addresses a number of universal themes: the strength of the individual, the tug between good and evil, the threat of fascism. Light use wear to cloth. Inside hinges are starting, but no markings, completely clean inside. Jacket has sunned spine and wear, especially at crown of spine, but is attractive. Overall Good Condition in Good Jacket. (spec-14-21)

[SW: Literature Fiction Cato Institute Conservative Republican Libertarian Conservatism Republicanism Free Market Capitalism Capitalist Judaica Jewish Jewry Judaism Religious Religion]

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