ATLAS SHRUGGED

New York, NY: Random House, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 1168, [2] pages. In Good condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Black, blue, and purple spine with aged white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is clipped, has mild shelving wear, a small closed tear along the front head edge, small open tears along the fore corners and spine head corners, a large open tear along the spine tail edge, chipping along the extremities, and mild age-toning throughout. Boards are wrapped in publisher's aquamarine cloth, have mild shelving wear, stains on the front and rear covers, light fraying along the rear fore corners, and mild wear along the spine. Textblock is lightly separating from the spine, has ink bleeding onto the head and fore edges of the half-title page to page 20, mild water damage along the head and fore edges throughout, bending wear along the head fore corner of the rear end-page, stains along the end-pages and pastedowns, mild wear along the edges, and stains along the edges. DL consignment. Shelved in Case 5. Born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum on February 2, 1905 in Saint Petersburg Russia, Rosenbaum would adopt the name Ayn Rand as her professional name under which all her writings would be published. Rand has become most known for her politics, being one of the founding mothers of Libertarianism and the founder of the Objectivist movement, ideologies which have influenced many right-wing and conservative politics into the modern day.

After the immense success of "The Fountainhead" in 1943, Rand had begun to host some admirers at her apartment to discuss philosophy, a group including future Chair of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan, and Nathaniel Branden, founder of the Nathaniel Branden Institute which pushed Rand's Objectivist philosophy.

During these meetings, Rand allowed the group to read her manuscripts for her upcoming work "Atlas Shrugged", which would be published in 1957. Though bombing critically, "Atlas Shrugged" would become regarded as Rand's magnum opus and was a best-selling work. The novel explores many of the themes that would develop the Objectivist philosophy. It also marked Rand's final completed work of fiction and her transition into a philosopher. 1392882. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. (Inventory #: 1392882)