For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

Published by Random House, 1961

Random House, New York, Published 1961. Hardcover, 242 pp.; 21 cm; Fourth Printing.In Good+ condition with a Good+ dust jacket. Black cloth-covered boards with a blind-stamped AR monogram on the front cover and gilt lettering with a green decorative rule on the spine; mild shelf wear with some color loss along the spine and light edge wear. Binding is tight. Dark green endpapers with light fading. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Pages lightly toned. Otherwise unmarked. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Janet Halverson, with a deep blue title block bordered in green and a stylized green-and-magenta AR monogram on a cream lower panel, and a black-and-white reproduction of a portrait of Rand by Dan Greene on the rear panel; price intact at $3.95. Several nicks and tears of one inch or less with light shelf wear and some toning, heavier to the spine. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover.Rand's first major work of nonfiction, presenting the essentials of her philosophy of Objectivism through selected philosophical passages from her four novels (We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged), prefaced by the long introductory essay "For the New Intellectual," which sets out her analysis of the development of Western culture and her case for a new intellectual movement grounded in reason, rational self-interest, and laissez-faire capitalism.Contents: Preface; For the New Intellectual; We the Living; Anthem; The Fountainhead; Atlas Shrugged. Seller Inventory # 20260423016

Bibliographic Details

Title: For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of ...
Publisher: Random House
Publication Date: 1961
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good