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New York: Signet, 1960. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good-.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New American Library, 1982. First Thus . Boxed Set. Near Fine. Boxed set of 4 Rand classics from New American Library/Signet, c. 1982. All 4 books are Near Fine & obviously never opened! Complexly clean, bindings straight & tight, no creasing. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Flaws: pages are all moderately-heavily tanned, commensurate with age & paper quality. Foxing to all spines. The box is graded only Fair because it is split along a seam on the bottom edge & heavily bumped at one lower corner, with rubbing to extremities, & light soiling all over. One 2" tear along one top edge seam, but still very sturdy & functional Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: too large for expedited domestic or any… Read More

Dutton Adult, 2-01. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/very good. Hardback with Dust Jacket full line First Edition, VG overall

Of We the Living, Ayn Rand wrote to H L Mencken, "I do not know of a better way to make my entrance into the battle. I believe that man will always be an individualist, whether he knows it or not, and I want to make it my duty to make him know it." First Edition copy of the 60th Anniversary Edition of Rand's first novel, a stunning pre-publication copy with publisher's sheet laid it. Unread and just about in As new condition. Book #C3127. $60. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

New York: Random House, 1959. 1st Ed thus. hardcover. Very Good-/Good-. 1959 Random House, First Printing, blue cloth hardcover with dust jacket, DJ is faded and rubbed with tears, foxing spots on fore-edge, interior pages are clean, a novel, 433 pages

New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($4.95), generally rubbed and toned, a close tear across the front panel. Blue cloth with black ink panels and gilt lettering. Square, bound with a dark blue top stain and some reading wear, clean internally. Rand's debut novel, one that introduced a theme relevant to most of her work: the individual against the collective. "WE THE LIVING is not a story of politics, but of the men and women who have to struggle for existence behind the Red banners and slogans. It is a picture of what those slogans do to human beings, what kind of men are able to survive and which of them remain as the ultimate winners.

New York: Random House, 1959. First printing thus. First published in 1936 in a very small printing. Author wrote the foreword to this edition and made slight changes to text. Blue boards with gold and black stamping to spiine and front board. Name of former owner in rubber stamp to front end paper. No other markings. There are a few faint black line at edges of same fep. Price intact jacket has minor edgewear but is still bright and clean. In mylar. . First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 1959. Stated second printing. Fine blue, full-cloth boards, gilt stamped spine titles and A. R. cover initials on black fields, lt. shelf wear, rub; some spine discoloration. Pages fine. Bind fine; hinges intact. Dj moderate edge wear, rub, some spine sunning; unclipped 4.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Code 1/59 at front flap. The first literary work of one of the most influential philosophers and novelists of the twentieth century. Ayn Rand wrote of her first novel, We the Living, "It is as near to an autobiography as I will ever write. The plot is invented, the background is not... The specific events of Kira's life were not mine: her ideas, her convictions, her values, were and are." We the Living depicts the struggle of the individual against the state, and the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human beings who demand the right to live their own lives and pursue their own happiness. It tells of a young woman's passionate love, held… Read More

RANDOM, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST PRINTING IN DJ . NOT PRICE CLIPPED.

New York: The Macmillan Company [1936, Book Date], 1936. 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. No Binding. Not A Book/No Jacket. 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Rand, Ayn. WE THE LIVING. Custom Clamshell Case Only. New York, [1936, Book Date]: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For The First Edition. Fine Red Cloth & Black Nuba®, Custom White-Stamped at the spine. Embossed multi-layered, [sculpted] Star design on the side. Finished in rich Red velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for the first edition of Rand's first book.

[No place]: Angelika Films, 1988. First edition thus. Italian film with English subtitles. Originally released in 1942 as two films, "Noi Vivi" and "Addio Kira," directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Alida Valli, Rossano Brazzi, and Fosco Giachetti. After their release in Italy during World War II, the films were banned by the Fascist government. Lost and forgotten for decades, they were finally found and restored with Rand's involvement and released for the first time in the U.S. in 1986. This 1988 VHS double-cassette set in its original clamshell case also contains material that tells the story of making the films, their loss, and re-discovery through photographic memorabilia, 6 informational packets, and "Ayn Rand's 'We the Living': New Life in a Restored Film Version" by Michelle Marder Kamhi in "Aristo: The Journal of Esthetics" (whole issue, Vol. 4 No.4, Dec. 1988)--all of which are housed in a pocket inside the case. Glassine envelope holding photos and stapled 8.5 x 11" informational… Read More

First edition; one of only 3,000 copies printed. Tan cloth with blue lettering. Minor foxing to first and last few pages. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and fly reading This book is out of print so please be sure to return. Small stain to center of front cover (see images), otherwise a tight clean copy with no defacements.
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First 1941 Edition, Kobenhaven: Berlingske Forlag. Near Fine. 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover in 3/4 red leather over red star motif paper covered boards. Black leather bands with gilt titles. First printing of the Danish language edition. Book is in very good condition, generally crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. 8vo. 455pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Random House, 1959. First Random House edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth decorated in black with gilt lettering and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Creasing to board edges with some rubbing to cloth; minor edgewear and scuffing to dust jacket. Near-fine.. Bright first Random House edition of Ayn Rand's (1905-1982) debut novel about life in post-revolutionary Russia. First published by Random House in 1959 following the commercial success of Rand's 1957 best-seller Atlas Shrugged, We the Living tells the story of Kira Argounova, a fierce and independent spirit who struggles against the collectivism of Soviet Russia during the early 1920s. The novel was first completed in 1934 but, despite H. L. Mencken's support, failed to attract a publisher until 1935 when Macmillan agreed to publish the work. Macmillan's agreement to publish Rand's novel purportedly sparked debate within the publisher's editorial ranks, with certain communist-sympathetic editors objecting to its publication. We the… Read More

Kobenhavn: Berlingske Forlag, 1942. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. First translation by Else Brudenell-Bruce. First Foreign Language Edition. 455pp. Bound in 3/4 brown leather over marbled paper covered boards; internally clean. Upper joint starting, but not broken through. A very good copy. Perinn, A1c.

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 .

MACMILLAN, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST PRINTING FIRST EDITION IN FINE FACSIMILE DUST JACKET. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "Setup and printed. Published April, 1936." in custom made tray case..

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. 570 pages in good condition. Pages are mostly clean and unmarked with some light smudging and staining in the margins of a few pages. Back endpaper is creased and lightly marked. Front inner hinge is torn but intact. Darkened on the fpdep. Page edges are darkened and smudged. Head edges are dyed black with fading publisher's stain. Bound in grey cloth with blue titles. Smudged, worn, and darkened around the edges. Spine is darkened and spotted. Boards are darkened and smudged. 1ST PRINTING. G/- -. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. [iv], 570 pp. Original tan cloth with blue lettering. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Spine cloth foxed, edges slightly foxed as well; corners lightly bumped. A very straight, study copy. The author's first book, of which only 3,000 were printed.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth stamped in turquoise; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good+ with slight lean to binding, light toning to spine and light foxing to cloth, former owner inscription to front free endpaper, pages lightly toned. A rather presentable copy of the author's first book, of which only 3,000 were printed.