Anthem by Rand, Signed (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1960, Ayn Rand inscribed 3rd printing. Anthem is Ayn Rand's classic tale of a dystopian future. "We"?a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence?that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. "I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals, and I loathe humanity, for its failure to live up to these possibilities." ?Ayn Rand Book is square, sharp, tight & bright. Occasional marginal notes and underlining. Dust jacket is clean and bright, with moderate rubbing at the edges. Overall very good. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published 1938" printed on the copyright page. This presentation copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Ayn Rand on the front free fly leaf. The book is in great shape and is bound in the publisher's original cloth with minor repair. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A beautiful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Ayn Rand on a laid in signature. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has some wear to the spine and edges. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Rand First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First British Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Ross Baker (her sales manager at Bobbs-Merrill) in 1945. The "90,000 copies" in the inscription - see image - is in reference to a print run for THE FOUNTAINHEAD. Spine slant, else very good in a very good (age darkened along the spine, large chip at the crown of the spine, three inch closed tear from the top of the front spine edge, two tape repairs - one at each spine end - on the verso) dust jacket. ; 147 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED and Inscribed "affectionately" by "Ayn," an extraordinarily rare Publisher's Review Copy of the first edition of Ayn Rand's Anthem, the rarest of all her books, dated by the author in the month after publication. A splendid example protected in a custom clamshell box. Responding to a student's question decades later about Anthem's origin, Rand explained, "I got the idea in my school days, in Soviet Russia, when I heard all the vicious attacks on individualism, and asked myself what the world would be like if men lost the word 'I'." (The Ayn Rand Column, 1998). This First ORIGINAL UNREVISED Edition (23, 484 words) preceded Pamphleteers' 1946 First American edition (19,190 words) by eight years. While Rand originally conceived of Anthem as a play, and published it eventually as a pamphlet/novella, she divulged in a letter to Rose Wilder Lane: "If you are really wondering about it, Anthem is a poem" (Berliner: Letters of Ayn Rand, 293). "The most lyrical of any of her work, the most abstract and stylized in its literary method. It has the beauty and cadence of a prose poem" (Branden, 142). The poem, Anthem, distinguishes itself from Ayn Rand's full-length novels in its chronicle of "an intellectual event: the hero s discovery of the word 'I'". (Milgram: "Anthem in the Context of Related Literary Works: We are not like our brothers," 2024) Rand uses first-person narrative to develop the struggle of this discovery with a deft tension, so that turning the page to its climactic chapter offers readers an unsurpassed, emotionally violent power, when for the first time, we read: "I am. I think. I will." But Anthem, while distinguished in Rand's ouevre by its length, narrative style and genre, is, in Rand s words, a preliminary sketching of The Fountainhead. "My whole theory of ethics is contained in Anthem. Everything I said in The Fountainhead is in Anthem, though in briefer form, but there explicitly, for all to see who are interested in ideas" (Berliner: LOAR, 275). "To say "I love you', one must know first how to say the 'I'" (The Fountainhead). An extremely good copy, publisher's red mottled cloth still bright, in a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. ORIGINAL dust jacket is complete with one closed tear and light edgewear. Presentation copy, inscribed to close friends, "To Rita and Morty - Affectionately/ Ayn/ June 22, 1938." Evidence suggests that "Rita" may be Rita Weiman (1885-1954), a Hollywood screenwriter and playwright. Publisher's Review slip laid in. No writings, markings or bookplates of any kind, save for Rand's inscription on the front flyleaf. In more than 50 years of hunting for rare Rand, I've seen nothing comparable. You'll never find a finer Signed first Edition copy. Book #vBP1401. $45,000. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, and other legends and landmarks. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. RAND, Ayn: Anthem SIGNED "Author's Binding" of Anthem, the most elusive Ayn Rand acquisition. ONE OF FEWER THAN 50 COPIES DESIGNED/SIGNED/GIFTED BY AYN RAND AND INTENDED ONLY FOR HER PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. Following the success of her breakthrough novel The Fountainhead and Warner Bros purchase of its movie rights, Rand, now financially successful, ordered a custom red leather binding of Anthem she would sign and send to colleagues, friends, and associates. According to Rand's bibliographer, Vincent Perinn, the number of copies Rand ordered was "fewer than 50, most of which are inscribed for presentation." Rand had revised Anthem in 1946 for American publication, editing for style, rewording some passages, and cutting some excessive language. "No idea or incident was added or omitted; the theme, content and structure are untouched" (From Rand's Foreword). This bespoke copy of Anthem has the same pedigree as the First American Edition, Second Issue, which had a first printing run of 1500 paperwrap copies. This copy, however, is handcrafted to Rand's specifications. In almost a half century of hunting Ayn Rand, this is the only copy I've ever seen, The Holy Grail! Book #Pv1101. $125,000. From the world's largest collection of rare, signed, manuscript, and photographed Ayn Rand in private hands. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. SIGNED and dated [4/10/77] by Ayn Rand and her husband, Frank O'Connor, on the night of The Ford Hall Forum's tribute to Ayn Rand. "In honoring Ayn Rand, the Ford Hall Forum does honor to itself," opens the invitation to the Forum's "Tribute to Ayn Rand -- Sheraton Boston Hotel -- Boston Mass. -- Sunday, April 10, 1977" In recognition of Rand's commanding popularity of her annual Ford Hall Forum speeches, "a gathering that has been termed the 'Objectivist Easter'" (The New York Times), the Forum invited Miss Rand and her guests to a luncheon, followed by her lecture, "Global Balkanization." One year later at the Forum, Rand delivered her lecture "Cultural Update," (VERY RARE) which, she admits "should have been delivered last year on the occasion of the beautiful luncheon the Forum gave for me." Included are this lovely SIGNED seventh printing of the First American Hardcover Edition of Anthem, a fine copy in a near-fine jacket with edgewear, SIGNED and dated by Ayn Rand and her husband, Frank O'Connor. The archive also includes the ORIGINAL invitation to the Forum luncheon tribute to Rand, with 2 admission cards reading "Guest of Ayn Rand"; first printing copies of BOTH Ayn Rand lectures, "Global Balkanization" and "Cultural Update," delivered at the Forum a year later on April 16, 1978, not reprinted anywhere. The invitation is in fine condition and rests inside the addressee's envelope. Both pamphlets, published by The Intellectual Activist, have some soiling not affecting readability. Recherche Rand History! One of a kind Ayn! Book #P1127. $8500. We offer the world's largest collection of rare, signed, and manuscript Ayn Rand in private hands! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED by Ayn Rand: Anthem in dust jacket! Second Edition, Cassell, London, 1953. First Printing of Revised Anthem, the only copy we've ever seen with its ORIGINAL dust jacket Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. UNMATCHED RARE SIGNED Ayn Rand in the revised, text the same year as its American publication. Octavo; maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; Spine gilt slightly dulled, else Fine. In a bright dustjacket, absent chips or tears and still bearing the 6/- net price on the front flap. Some rubbing present to the red on the front and spine panels, a touch of dustiness at the edges of the rear panel, with a bit of minute wear at the spine ends; Near Fine. This copy -- the only one of its kind we've seen in almost 5 decades of locating rare Rand -- has been inscribed to author, bibliophile and noted science fiction collector Jack Cordes on the front endpaper: "To Jack Cordes - Cordially - Ayn Rand. 12/4/67." Remarkably rare Ayn Rand, not listed in Perinn's thorough bibliography of Ayn Rand! Book #C1222. $8800. We offer the world's largest selection of rare, signed, and manuscript Ayn Rand in private hands. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. No Jacket. Revised Edition. Author's 2nd book. Revised edition Jul 1953. Flat-signed and dated by author on title page (no inscription). Burgundy boards with gilt-stamped titling on spine. Flaws: light bumping to spine edges and two corners (NOT rubbed or chipped). Some soiling or rubbing to rear board that is light in color and gilt titles are very slightly rubbed. Also, much foxing to textblock faces and several inside pages. One small stain (1/8" X 3/8") on foredge. NO foxing to pastedowns. NO markings throughout - NO other flaws - NO chipping or tears. Textblock is solid with NO looseness to hinges. Photos avail upon request. Signed by Author(s).