Atlas Shrugged [Signed]

Beautifully signed by Ayn Rand at half-title page: "Ayn Rand, 12/9/70." Rare flat signed trade edition from this unique period. Stated Eleventh Printing at copyright. 1957 also at copyright page; no other dates. Circa 1970 printing matching the first printing in design, quality and dimensions. Bright red full-cloth boards, crisp gilt cover initials and spine titles on black field, moderate shelf wear, spine toning, discoloration. Deckled pages generally very good; corner crease at front blank endpaper. Few page numbers penned in orange at back pastedown. Clipped wrapper flaps (from another dj) adhered to front and back pastedown. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Presented in beautiful and complete matching wrapper from this period, moderate shelf wear, toning; unclipped 12.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Features the original first edition jacket design with cover painting by George Salter. Rare near very good signed early printing in same wrapper. In 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.…