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The Fountainhead
by Rand, Ayn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1943. 1st Edition. 7th Printing. Hardcover. A Very Good book in a Fair dust jacket. Jacket is price-clipped, chipped at corners, rubbed, lightly soiled, with a two-inch chip to head of spine, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book is bound in blue cloth with bright gilt titles to front cover and spine and a faint vertical crease to spine, owner bookplate affixed to first endpaper. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Light spotting to fore-edge of pages, red topstain to page ends. . The dust jacket of this book identifies it as a book club edition, no other such indications in book or jacket. The name of the book club is not identified. Author photo and three reviews on back panel. The copyright page states that this is the seventh printing, January 1944. A broken "9" on page 9 and "Domininique" on page 480. Overall, this is a solid copy of an early printing of a classic. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. D5 .
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
- Seller
- Sweet Beagle Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 31957
- Title
- The Fountainhead
- Author
- Rand, Ayn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition. 7th Printing
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Individualism, Selfishness
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sweet Beagle Books
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Bloomington, Indiana
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Fair
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- Copyright page
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
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