Atlas Shrugged [First Printing] by Rand, Ayn - 1957

New York: Random House, 1957. Stated first printing. Bright green full-cloth boards, crisp gilt cover initials and spine titles on sharp black field, some edge, corner wear. Deckled pages generally very good; some edge wear, residue to front, back endpapers. Stamps at front endpaper: "Main Library, 2020 7th Ave., Birmingham, Ala.," the number 1754 twice, and "Library Copy" to lower text block. Dark green top-stain. Bind good, some bow; hinges reinforced. Original dust wrapper, light wear generally, 1/2" trimmed from lower edge; unclipped 6.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Also includes a matching first edition facsimile jacket protected in new, clear sleeve. Striking cover art by George Salter. Very attractive. Rare near good first printing in good original wrapper that surely influenced many in the historic town of Birmingham. In Rand's greatest achievement - and last work of fiction - she dramatizes her unique philosophy through an intellectual story that integrates ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, and sexuality. Set in a near-future U.S.A. whose economy is collapsing as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators and industrialists, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life. Endowed w/larger-than-life characters and charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is a revolutionary epic. 1184 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Book.