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The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
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Orange Park, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis / New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. First edition, "Eighth Printing, February, 1944" stated on the copyright page under the 1943 copyright date. Original larger-size, green-cloth binding with gold lettering on the front cover and spine, the same size as the first printing. In the original-issue dust jacket fitting the larger-format book with the $3.00 price clipped. (Note that 13 stated printings were produced between 1943 and 1944, which were followed by many unstated printings in slightly smaller formats throughout the 1940s and 1950s.) VERY GOOD + book in VERY GOOD dust jacket. Book is bright, clean and unworn. Spine is not sunned except at the top and bottom edges where the dust jacket was chipped. Gold lettering on spine and front cover remains bright and unworn. Small bump on the rear board at the bottom edge. Tightly bound, straight and square with strong, secure hinges with no cracking. Excellent interior with flawless text pages and no browning to the endpapers. Previous owner's ex-libris imprint on front endpaper. Dust jacket is bright and clean with slight sun-fading to the spine. Chipped bottom spine end and top spine end corners. Front panel has a few closed edge tears, creasing at bottom edge and a chipped top corner. Rear panel has one small closed tear and light creasing at bottom edge. Closed tears along the fore-edge fold repaired on the reverse side with invisible archival paper tape. Price-clipped front flap has a small number written in pencil at top edge. No stains or rubbing. Jacket is protected in a new archival mylar cover..
Synopsis
When The Fountainhead was first published, Ayn Rand 's daringly original literary vision and her groundbreaking philosophy, Objectivism, won immediate worldwide interest and acclaim. This instant classic is the story of an intransigent young architect, his violent battle against conventional standards, and his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him. This edition contains a special Afterword by Rand's literary executor, Leonard Peikoff which includes excerpts from Ayn Rand's own notes on the making of The Fountainhead . As fresh today as it was then, here is a novel about a hero—and about those who try to destroy him.
Reviews
On Jun 14 2022, a reader said:
One of the most influential books I have ever read yeah she can talk a yes I just need to listen
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Details
- Bookseller
- Odysseus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3959
- Title
- The Fountainhead
- Author
- Ayn Rand
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis / New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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