Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good+
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Random House First Edition, Ninth Printing as indicated by following points:
• Original retail price of $6.95 on top of front dust jacket flap
• 10/57 notation at bottom of front dust jacket flap
• Top stain on top page edges is black or blue
• Dust jacket does not have review blurbs
• Random House address of 625 Madison Avenue on back dust jacket flap
• "Ninth Printing" and 1957 on copyright page; no other years listed.
No bookplates, no writing, no marks inside book at all; dust jacket is also NOT price-clipped.
Rand's famous novel in all of its glory, with book and dust jacket definitely not showing its actual age. The book "is a philosophical revolution, told in the form of an action thriller of violent events, a ruthlessly brilliant lot structure and an irresistible suspense." Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
Synopsis
Ayn Rand in her most controversial book yet, depicts a dystopian United State. A world of private businesses that are increasingly penalized and weighted through laws and regulations, stepping over the people who carry out that labor. As a mysterious figure, John Gault appears on the scene; the country’s top banker, an oil producer, a professor, a composer, and a distinguished judge disappear without a trace, abandoning their professions and loved ones. In turn a revolution begins, creating a new society based on the ‘philosophy of selfishness’ in efforts to be dismissed from the exploitation of those with authority and power. Atlas Shrugged “is a mystery story, not about the murder of a man’s body, but about the murder — and rebirth — of man’s spirit.” -Ayn Rand
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Reviews
Atlas Shrugged is perhaps the greatest, most revealing novel ever written. It is larger than life, and a truly philosophical, dramatic, exalting, and suspenseful read.
A life changimg read.
If you liked The Fountainhead but thought the philosophy took a back seat to character development and plot, Atlas Shrugged is great - not concerning itself with such outmoded details like characters who might exist and avoiding exposition, Atlas Shrugged is the most pedantic, two-dimensional book ever. Huzzah.
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- Bookseller
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RAND001
- Title
- Atlas Shrugged
- Author
- Ayn Rand
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; Ninth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Pages
- 1168
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ayn rand; atlas shrugged
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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