Atlas Shrugged [Signed by Ayn Rand and Frank O'Connor]
Published by Random House, New York, 1970
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.The BiblioFile
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Beautifully signed by Ayn Rand and her husband Frank O'Connor at half-title page: "Ayn Rand 4/10/77, Frank O'Connor." Rare flat signed example from this unique period and shortly before Frank's passing following a series of strokes in his last years. Stated Eleventh Printing at copyright. 1957 also at copyright page; no other dates. Early 1970s printing matching the first in design, quality and dimensions. Red full-cloth boards, gilt cover initials and spine titles on black field, moderate shelf wear, some toning, discoloration. Deckled pages generally good, clean and without writing. First and last couple hundred with page roll, ripple, diminishing to center. Some discoloration to exterior upper text block; moderate to lower block. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Presented in beautiful matching wrapper from this period, moderate shelf wear, toning; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Light sticker shadow to front flap. The eleventh printing is the final dj without isbn to back panel. Features the original first edition jacket design with dynamic cover painting by George Salter. Near good hardcover in near very good jacket. Rare early printing signed by both Rand and O'Connor. Charles Francis "Frank" O'Connor (1897-1979) was an American actor, painter, rancher, and husband of Ayn Rand. He performed in several films during the silent and early sound eras. On the set of the 1927 film "The King of Kings," he met Ayn, and they married in 1929. When locating to California for the movie adaptation of The Fountainhead, Frank purchased and managed a ranch in the San Fernando Valley. Here, he raised numerous flora and fauna and developed the Lipstick and Halloween hybrids of Delphinium and Gladiolus. Frank, also a fine painter, lended artistry with his surreal and futuristic cover painting for the 25th anniversary edition of "The Fountainhead". Although rather soft spoken and gentle, Ayn stated that Frank was an inspiration for her writing and the ideal male protagonists Howard Roark and John Galt. In 1956, regarding this particular novel, Ayn was writing what was tentatively titled "The Strike". Frank suggested "Atlas Shrugged" and this became its title forevermore. In "Atlas Shrugged", Ayn Rand's greatest achievement and last work of fiction, she dramatizes her unique philosophy through an intellectual story that integrates ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, and sex. Set in a near-future U.S.A. whose economy is collapsing as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators and industrialists, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life. Endowed with larger-than-life characters, and charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is a revolutionary epic. 1184 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Atlas Shrugged [Signed by Ayn Rand and Frank O'Connor]
- Author
- Rand, Ayn
- Publisher
- Random House, New York
- Publication year
- 1970
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Signed
- Signed by Authors
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Salter, George (Cover Art)
- Edition
- First Edition.
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