Rand, Ayn.

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

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Description

Anthem. Los Angeles, Ca.: Pamphleteers, Inc., 1946
calf, gilt, papers

8vo. (202 x 135 mm). Maroon publisher's calf, gilt. Spine & corners rubbed, damp-stain touching lower edges and end-papers.

Provenance

Howard S Gall (bookplate)

Catalogue Note

First American edition, inscribed by Rand to her attorney, John Gall "To John C. Gall — | one of my best readers — | Ayn Rand | Christmas 1946".

The author's second book (after the first in London in 1938), Anthem gives the first glimmers of Rand's theme of collectivism vs individualism, depicting a bleak, dystopian future in which independent thought is a crime, and all expressions of individuality are considered a sin, including the use of the word "I".