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First Edition of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
RAND, AYN.
Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Random House 1957.
First edition of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece stamped in gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt. Very good in a very good dust jacket, creasing to the half and title pages. Jacket design by George Salter.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145639
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"Warner Brothers' Towering Triumph": Rare collection of original Warner Bros. Pictures promotional lobby cards for the 1949 film The Fountainhead
[RAND, AYN].
The Fountainhead Warner Brothers Pictures Original 1949 Lobby Card Collection.
: Warner Bros. Pictures 1949.
Rare collection of eight original Warner Brothers promotional lobby cards for the 1949 film The Fountainhead, based on the bestselling novel by Ayn Rand and starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal. Each of the eight cards measures 11 inches by 14 inches and is numbered 49/330 in the lower right corner. In fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 48 inches by 32 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 145618
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First Edition of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead
RAND, AYN.
The Fountainhead.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1943.
First edition of Rands’s breakthrough work and her first major literary success. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good first-issue first issue dust jacket with light restoration to the extremities, contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A very sharp example.
Price: $27,500.00 Item Number: 142040
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First Editions of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
RAND, AYN.
The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company & Random House 1943 & 1957.
First editions of Ayn Rand’s masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom half slipcase with ribbon. Both are in fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 140701
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First Edition of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged; Signed by Her
RAND, AYN.
Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Random House 1957.
First edition of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece stamped in gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter. An exceptional example.
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 139659
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FIRST EDITION OF AYN RAND'S NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH; INSCRIBED BY HER IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION
RAND, AYN.
Night of January 16th.
New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company 1968.
First edition in book form of the successful Broadway play by the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Wendy – Cordially – Ayn Rand 11/13/68.” Very good in a very good dust jacket which has become adhered to the boards. With an additional dust jacket which is in near fine condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 138949
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"To Barbara- for a very heroic achievement- with love- Ayn": Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead; Inscribed by Her to Barbara Branden
RAND, AYN.
The Fountainhead.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1943.
First edition, early printing of Rands’s breakthrough work and her first major literary success. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Barbara- for a very heroic achievement- with love- Ayn April 9,1956.” Born in Winnipeg, Barbara Weidman met Nathaniel Branden because of their mutual interest in Ayn Rand’s works. They became personal friends of Rand in 1950, and when they married in 1953, Rand and her husband, Frank O’Connor, served as the matron of honor and best man. She earned her M.A. in philosophy, and authored a thesis on free will, under the direction of Sidney Hook at New York University. Nathaniel and Barbara Branden became founding members of an Objectivist movement that sought to advance Rand’s ideas. Barbara and Nathaniel Branden co-wrote Who Is Ayn Rand? in 1962. Barbara Branden’s essay in the book was the first biography of Rand. When it was written, Rand considered Barbara Branden to be one of the most important proponents of Objectivism. After consultation with the Ayn Rand Institute of Irvine, California, the consensus is that this book was intended for Barbara Branden. In the spring of 1956, Barbara was studying at New York University, looking to earn a Master’s in Philosophy. She had just finished her Master’s Thesis, titled “Human Freedom and Human Mechanism,” which she read to a crowd in Ayn Rand’s presence. She submitted the thesis and earned her master’s in early spring of 1956. The inscription, “for a very heroic achievement,” is likely intended for her graduation. Very good in very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. One of the finest association copies feasible.
Price: $75,000.00 Item Number: 138297
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First Edition of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged; Inscribed by Her
RAND, AYN.
Atlas Shrugged.
New York: Random House 1957.
First edition of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Large octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece stamped in gilt, spine stamped in black and gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Lillian Davison- with my best wishes- Cordially, Ayn Rand December 19, 1960.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. Jacket design by George Salter. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box with inlay to the front panel. A superior example.
Price: $22,000.00 Item Number: 138060
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First Edition of Ethel Boileau's Ballade in G Minor; Inscribed by her to Ayn Rand
BOILEAU, ETHEL [AYN RAND].
Ballade in G Minor.
London: Hutchinson & Co 1938.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Ayn Rand from Ethel Boileau A tribute to “We The Living” New York Feb.10th 1938.” Lady Ethel Boileau was an English novelist, best known for Clansmen and Ballade in G Minor. Her correspondence with Ayn Rand began in 1936, when she wrote a glowing homage to We the Living after her American publisher had sent her a copy. After Rand read Clansmen in 1936, she wrote to Boileau that her “descriptions are so lovely that they have made me, an Americanized Russian, experience a feeling of patriotism toward Scotland. Your book makes me believe that Scotland is a country of strong individuals and, as such, she has all my sympathy and admiration.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the library of Ayn Rand. An exceptional association.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 136398
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“FREEDOM IS THE FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENT OF MAN’S MIND”: FIRST EDITION OF AYN RAND'S CAPITALISM: THE UNKNOWN IDEAL; SIGNED BY HER
RAND, AYN; ESSAYS BY NATHANIEL BRANDEN ALAN GREENSPAN AND ROBERT HESSEN.
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.
New York: New American Library 1966.
First edition of this collection of essays—which Rand, in her introduction, characterizes as “a nonfiction footnote to Atlas Shrugged.” Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “Ayn Rand 1/21/71.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket, ownership to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by S.A. Summit, Inc. With additional articles by Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, and Robert Hessen. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 133525