We the Living
by Rand, Ayn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: MacMillan. Good with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth. First printing "published April, 1936." Cloth mildly soiled, lightly shaken. Text block is partially separated from spine. Blurbs (from DJ? ) affixed to rear endpage. Some scattered stains to pages, and a few creased corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
We the Living is the first novel published by the American novelist Ayn Rand. It was also Rand's first expression against communism. First published in 1936, it is a story of life in post-revolutionary Russia. Ayn Rand observes in the foreword to this book that We the Living was the closest she would ever come to writing an autobiography. Her working title for the novel had been "Airtight. " We the Living was first completed in 1934, but, despite the support it received from H.L.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39574
- Title
- We the Living
- Author
- Rand, Ayn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1936
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.