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"Once I started sorting out the stamps I had accumulated, I was hooked": Rare Original Issue of The Stamp Journal with Ayn Rand's Article Why I Like Stamp Collected
RAND, AYN.
Stamp Journal: Why I Like Stamp Collecting.
New York: Minkus 1971.
Original issue of the Stamp Journal with an article by the philosopher Ayn Rand, entitled Why I Like Stamp Collecting. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Vol. VI, No. 2 – 1971. The United States Postal Service issued a stamp in Rand’s honor in 1999. An uncommon piece by Rand.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 78006
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“Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea": First Edition of the Ayn Rand's Magnum Opus The Fountainhead; Signed by Her
RAND, AYN.
The Fountainhead.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1943.
First edition, first issue with first edition stated on the copyright page of the author’s first major novel, as well as her first best-seller. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panel, marbled endpapers, original red cloth bound in at rear. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 110836
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“Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea": First Edition of Ayn Rand's Magnum Opus The Fountainhead; Inscribed by Her
RAND, AYN.
The Fountainhead.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1943.
First edition, first issue with first edition stated on the copyright page of the author’s first major novel, as well as her first best-seller. Octavo, original red cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Gertrude Lynneberg- – with my best wishes for long years of happiness- Ayn Rand November 16, 1943.” The recipient, Gertrude Lynneberg was the sister-in- law to Linda Lynneberg, also known as Aslaug Lynneberg, a lifelong friend of Rand. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with some chips and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. First editions in the original dust jacket are uncommon, association copies rare.
Price: $75,000.00 Item Number: 121447
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"To Miss Rand. Her book inspired me": First Edition of Boot Straps; Inscribed by Tom Girdler to Ayn Rand
GIRDLER, TOM M. IN COLLABORATION WITH BOYDEN SPARKES [AYN RAND].
Boot Straps.
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons 1943.
First edition of this autobiography of the CEO of one of the “Big Three” steel companies of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Ayn Rand, “To Miss Rand. Her book inspired me. Tom M. Girdler.” After launching the Republic Steel Company in 1930, Tom Girdler guided Republic Steel through the difficult years of the Depression to emerge as one of the “Big Three” in the steel industry, along with U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel. Girdler’s management of Republic Steel was recognized as a “one man show.” Autobiography of the CEO of Republic Steel, one of whose main plants was in Youngstown Ohio, and the steel industry’s response to the historic joining of the AFL and CIO in the late 1930s. If there is any doubt of the impact Rand and especially her book “The Fountainhead” had on corporate policy, this book dispels it. The alliance between Girdler and Rand is well documented, and one of her letters to Girdler, from July 1943, can be read online, after Rand had read Girdler’s other book, The Right To Work. In her letter, she praises Girdler for his “defense of the industrialist” but faults him for positing his defense as altruistic, arguing there’s no such thing as altruism, “The basic falsehood which the world has accepted is the doctrine that altruism is the ultimate ideal. That is, service to others as a justification and the placing of others above self as a virtue. Such an ideal is not merely impossible, it is immoral and vicious. And there is no hope for the world until enough of us come to realize this. Man’s first duty is not to others, but to himself. He can survive only through the function of his reasoning mind directed toward the conquest of nature.” In a letter a month later, Rand congratulates Girdler on purchasing and reading The Fountainhead as well as Isabel Paterson’s The God of the Machine, and it would seem that this copy of Boot Straps must have been sent after he read her book. While writing Atlas Shrugged, Rand interviewed Girdler still further, as both of them were firm opponents of FDR’s New Deal. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the library of Ayn Rand. Books inscribed to Rand are rare.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 122678
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Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead; Inscribed by Her and In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
RAND, AYN.
The Fountainhead.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1962.
Later printing of Rands’s breakthrough work and her first major literary success. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Maurice Sabbah- With my best wishes Ayn Rand 3/5/63.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket without the usual fading to the spine. An exceptional example.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 124512
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Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
RAND, AYN.
The Fountainhead.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1943.
Early printing of Rand’s breakthrough work and her first major literary success. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in near fine bright dust jacket. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 124914
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"To Jack L. Warner - Thank you for your courage and for a magnificent picture - with my profound gratitude": First Edition of Ayn Rand's Magnum Opus The Fountainhead; Inscribed by Her to Jack Warner
RAND, AYN.
The Fountainhead.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1943.
First edition, first issue with first edition stated on the copyright page of the author’s first major novel, as well as her first best-seller. Octavo, original red cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jack L. Warner – Thank you for your courage and for a magnificent picture – with my profound gratitude – Ayn Rand. January 7, 1949.” The recipient, Jack Warner, was the co-founder, president, and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios. His career spanned some 45 years, its duration surpassing that of any other of the seminal Hollywood studio moguls. Rand sold the film rights to Warner several years earlier with the contractual proviso that she would provide the screenplay, which would be unalterable. In fact, the director wanted changes, but Warner supported the author and honored the contract. This book’s inscription, clearly referring to this, was presented about a half year prior to the film’s release. Of Rand’s fiction, The Fountainhead is generally conceded to be her most important and enduring work, a passionate portrait of uncompromising individualism. In the decades since its debut, the film has gained the critical acceptance, even the acclaim, that initially evaded it. Near fine in a near fine first-issue dust jacket with a touch of rubbing and no fading to the spine, which is endemic to this title. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box by The Harcourt Bindery. One of the finest association copies possible, linking the famed author with the legendary founder of Warner Brothers and producer of the iconic film.
Price: $200,000.00 Item Number: 125425
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“If you write a line of zeroes, it´s still nothing": Rare First Edition of Ayn Rand's We the Living; in the rare original dust jacket
RAND, AYN.
We the Living.
New York: The MacMillan Company 1936.
First edition of Rand’s debut novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 125765
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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 Ayn Rand on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by S.A. Summit, Inc. With additional articles by Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, and Robert Hessen. Uncommon signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 130896