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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Ayn Rand on the front free endpaper, "To Helen Astor - with profound gratitude for her patience and fair judgement - March 31, 1936." 570pp. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth stamped in turquoise; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good+ with slight lean to binding, spine slightly mottled, and light soiling to cloth; spine darkened. Top edge of rear board gnawed. Blue lettering quite crisp. Contents slightly musty and lightly foxes. A rather presentable copy of the author's first book, of which only 3,000 were printed.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1936. First edition of Rand's debut novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. We the Living details the heroine’s struggle for individualism under Soviet communism and is the most autobiographical of Rand’s novels, published ten years after she fled the Soviet Union for the United States. When the work was re-issued in 1959, Rand noted in the book’s forward that “for those readers who have expressed a personal curiousity about me, I want to say that We the Living is as near to an autobiography as I will ever write.”

New York & London: various publishers, 1936 - 1957. First edition of each volume. ANTHEM, the most elusive of Rand's first editions, IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL BINDING and housed in a custom slipcase matching the bindings of the other three volumes which are all finely bound in matching full red leather with gilt-stamped leather spine labels and marbled endpapers. WE THE LIVING (New York: Macmillan, 1936): small chip to lower corner title page, marginal stains to few interior pages. ANTHEM (London: Cassell, 1938): spine slightly cocked, name on first blank, professional repair to spine ends (small tears mended). THE FOUNTAINHEAD (Indianapolis & New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943): front endpaper lightly marked. ATLAS SHRUGGED (New York: Random House, 1957): text block falling away slightly at head of spine. A desirable, visually pleasing set of the only 4 novels published in her lifetime.

Signed "Ayn" only, from Ayn Rand's library, and inscribed by Rand to her actor-husband Frank O'Connor on August 6, 1934, a First Edition Presentation Copy of Noel Coward's Play Parade, which includes seven of Coward's plays; O'Connor had roles in a few. Rand's charming, affectionate inscription reads in full: "To my little Cubby -- one of his future parts --but not the only one! Ayn 8-6-34." ("Cubby" was Ayn's nickname for husband Frank.) Book has handwritten notes by O'Connor on front flyleaf and highlighting of the characters' names in 2 plays. Original publisher's cloth binding. Soiling and edgewear to spine and boards. Hinges cracked but holding. Very rare book inscribed by Rand to her husband, two years before she published We the Living. Book #v1151. $9800. *****We carry the world's largest selection of rare, signed, and manuscript Ayn Rand in private hands! *****All our books are sanitized for your protection before mailing.

Signed First Revised Edition of Ayn Rand's first novel, We the Living (New York: Random House, 1959). A fine copy in a very bright jacket.
We the Living follows young Kira Argounova, as close to an autobiographical character as Ayn Rand ever created, from her arrival in St. Petersburg, excited about the "streets of a big city where so much is possible," to her death near the Latvian border, where she smiles "her last smile, to so much that had been possible." Her journey in between contrasts Kira's determined passion for living her life with the living death of the brutally collectivist state which impedes her escape.
Originally published by Macmillan in 1936 (after twelve publishers rejected it), We the Living was Rand's fulfillment of a promise to a guest at her farewell party just before she left the Soviet Union. "One of the guests, a man whom Ayn knew only slightly, said to her, with the sudden, tense earnestness of desperation: "If they ask you in America—tell them that Russia is a huge… Read More

INSCRIBED by Ayn Rand: "To Linda - The nicest woman I'e ever met - up to this date - Ayn March 27, 1941" Rare Presentation/Association First Edition copy of Rand's first novel. "Linda" was Aslaug Lynneberg, a Danish-American lifelong friend to Rand, mentioned in letters to Isabel Paterson in the posthumous Letters of Ayn Rand, where a letter from Rand to "Linda" also appears. The book has writing (Printed in Denmark origin) at the bottom of the front flyleaf. The front flap of the jacket is present but separated. A unique Rand inscription on the first foreign language edition of her first book. Once in a lifetime Rand! Book #P5101. $5000. From the world's largest collection of rare, signed, and manuscript Ayn Rand in private hands.

New York, 1936. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. MATCHLESS Value! Rand's first novel, one of only 3000 copies, "as near an autobiography as I will ever write" (Rand, 1959). A very good copy with the ORIGINAL, UNrevised text, stripped of Nietzsche's influence. PO's name on front pastedown and toning to back panel. But a highly collectible example of Rand's first novel at the best price on the market. Book #N6232. $1895. We carry the largest selection of rare, signed, and manuscript Ayn Rand on the planet!

WE THE LIVING, Cassell, 1936, first English edition, some light foxing, else a tight vg copy of this, the authors most desirable first novel. 

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.

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. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 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/- -.

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..

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 .

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.

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

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 .

Easton Press Collector's Edition , 2000. 1st Editions Easton Press Thus (2000) (Easton Press Collector's Editions.) Hardcovers without dust jackets as issued. 8vo's. In the Publisher's Blue Leather with 4 raised bands, gilt lettering to covers and spines. Gilt to all text blocks and Gold silk place ribbons. All the books are in Fine condition. Interiors clean and tight. Pictures available upon request. A beautiful and very collectable book set. Blue spine/Gilt text. #034229. 1st Editions Thus. Hardcover. Fine/No DJ's as Issued. 8vo. Literature / Fiction.

[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

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

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.