Atlas Shrugged

8vo. A handsome 1st printing of Rand's Objectivist philosophical classic, with all 1st issue points present. "The book depicts a dystopian United States in which private businesses suffer under increasingly burdensome laws and regulations. Railroad executive Dagny Taggart and her lover, steel magnate Hank Rearden, struggle against "looters" who want to exploit their productivity. Dagny and Hank discover that a mysterious figure called John Galt is persuading other business leaders to abandon their companies and disappear as a strike of productive individuals against the looters. The novel ends with the strikers planning to build a new capitalist society based on Galt's philosophy of reason and individualism." - Wiki Teal green cloth with gilt titling, blocked in black, to spine. Square binding. Charcoal grey top edge, with a few dots of discoloration. Clean interior. First state dust jacket with "10/57" present. Publisher address present. Rear photo credit to Phyllis Cerf present. Price clipped. Moderate rubbing and edge wear to jacket including a few small chips, creasing and small scuffs, mainly to the rear panel. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A lovely example of this 20th-century literary and philosophical high spot. …