The Fountainhead
by Rand, Ayn
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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El Cajon, California, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis, IN.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943 Early printing in gray cloth, gilt titles. Edge wear, edge bumps. Tends to open to one spot. Former owner's name and date, 1949, in ink on the ffep. First few pages and ffep creased. Light cover soil. . Reprint. Hard Cover, Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall, 754 Pages .
Synopsis
The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Ayn Rand. It was Rand's first major literary success and its royalties and movie rights brought her fame and financial security. The Fountainhead's protagonist, Howard Roark, is an individualistic young architect who chooses to struggle in obscurity rather than compromise his artistic and personal vision. The book follows his battle to practice modern architecture, which he believes to be superior, despite an establishment centered on tradition-worship.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012402
- Title
- The Fountainhead
- Author
- Rand, Ayn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, IN.
- Date Published
- 1943
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Classics;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.