The Fountainhead - first printing in first state red cloth - eight and three-quarters inches tall

Rand, Ayn

Published by Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, 1943

About this Item

Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis. 1943. 754 pages. First edition STATED, first printing, in original first state red cloth. Book measures eight and three-quarters inches tall. 1943 reprints were one-half inch shorter, at eight and one-quarter inches tall. The first printing of this title was cased in red cloth and limited to a print run of only 7,500 copies. A second state was housed in green cloth, and had a print run of 12,500 copies. This specific copy of the first edition, first printing in red cloth has multiple serious flaws and requires restoration. The title page shows chipping along edges; verso is the copyright page with the First Edition statement. Front endpapers and half-title page are excised. Rear endpapers are all present. The original page 367 was replaced with a typed replacement page, and because its font is bigger, the replaced page is two leaves instead of one. Old Scotch tape in gutters and on a couple of pages. Ink on pastedowns. Hinges are weak with webbing showing. A chunk of paper is missing off rear pastedown. Shelf-rubbing to cloth along edges. No library markings or stamps; however flaws make this landmark first printing, one of only 7,500 copies in red casing, a restoration project.

Seller Inventory # 003249

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fountainhead - first printing in first state red cloth - eight and three-quarters inches tall
• Publisher: Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis
• Publication Date: 1943
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Poor
• Seller catalogs:
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