Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. The Blakiston Co., Philadelphia, 1943.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Larger, sturdy book, dark red cloth, gilt lettering embossed title and author mostly gone on front and spine, a bookplate inside front cover, light wear to top tips, very slight wear to bottom tips, slight surface wear to spine bottom left and right edge, light wear to spine top edge, small light red stain at top back right, 753 pages. A slight separation at spine inside back cover and adjacent end paper, spine a little loose. Fair.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Ayn Rand. The Fountainhead. The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, 1943.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Reprint. Good reading copy. Green boards, missing DJ. FFEP missing and half title page is taped at hinge where separation has begun. PO name inked to half title page.
Seller: River of Books, Clive, IA, U.S.A.
Ayn Rand. The Fountainhead. The Blakiston Company, Philidelphia, 1943.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: water stains on the cover; inside cover paper is ripped although the spine is intact. pages are aged although very readable. tear of the cover at the top of the spine. some bumping of the edges and corners.
Seller: Foundations, Grove, OK, U.S.A.
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. By Ayn Rand. Blakiston Edition. The Blakiston Company, 1943.
Price: US$15.14 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
Seller: Once Upon A Time Books, Siloam Springs, AR, U.S.A.
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. The Blakiston Company, 1943.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Former owner's name. Interior clean. Pieces of dust jacket at back of book. Pictures on request
Seller: Old Village Books, Mt. Pleasant, SC, U.S.A.
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, 1943.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Marroon boards. From a private manor library.
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
Ayn Rand. The Fountainhead. The Blakiston Company, 1943.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: REPRINT, The Blackiston Company (1943). Good. Hardcover maroon cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering to front panel and spine. Boards are shelfworn, bumped at corners; softened at spine ends; sunned at spine; soiled and rubbed. Offsetting throughout. Minor soiling to endpages. NO markings in text. Binding is shaken but still in solid reading condition.
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Rand, Ayn.. The Fountainhead. - 1943 Edition. The Blakiston Company , Bobs Merrill, 1943.
Price: US$31.00 + shipping
Description: HC published by Blakiston in 1943. No dust jacket. Corners are bumped and have some wear. Ends of spine are rolled. Covers have some edge wear. Previous owner's name is inside front cover. Other people's names are written on the blank page after page 754. Dark red cloth covers with gilt lettering. Has the early printing errors. Page 9 has an o instead of the number 9. Page 321 refrred. Page 381 G. W. the letter G is slightly smaller than the letter W. Page 480 Domininque.; 8.10 X 5.60 X 1.50 inches
Seller: Inside the Covers, Lancaster, TX, U.S.A.
Ayn Rand. The Fountainhead. The Blakiston Company, 1943.
Price: US$34.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Not a first but an early printing. Jacket has lots of tape repairs but is intact. Light shelf/age wear to book itself. Pages clean, binding sturdy.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. Bobbs-Merrill/Blakiston Company, 1943.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Tips of corners show light wear, tiny bump to one corner, light wear to corners of spine, moderate sunfade to spine so that title is somewhat hard to read, previous owner name on endpaper. otherwise a very nice copy, clean and presentable, with a solid binding and clean pages. Photos on request.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, 1943.
Price: US$49.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: spine moderately faded, personal bookplate, front hinge starting, has the four errors, Green Binding
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. The Blakiston Company, 1943.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In good condition. Dust jacket missing. Boards show to typical edge wear. Gilt work is worn on front board and spine. Previous onwers stamped name on front end paper. Textblock is clean and unmarked. Binding tight and intact. A nice copy. Please see photos. Early edition of a classic piece of literature. The Fountainhead by Russian-American author Ayn Rand is considered to be her first major literary success. This work reflects Rands belief that individualism is superior to collectivism. It was received with mixed reviews from critics world wide calling it a a whale of a book
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Ayn Rand. The Fountainhead. The Blakiston Company, 1943.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Early reprint published in 1943 by The Blakiston Company. Price of $3.00 on inside flap. Jacket is in poor condition with a large missing chip at top of spine and severe creasing with some chipping at bottom of front panel of jacket. Large tear at top of front fold along with a couple of missing chips in middle of fold. Book itself is in very good condition.
Seller: Nash Books, Huntsville, TX, U.S.A.
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. The Blakiston Co. (Bobbs-Merril Company), Philadelphia, 1943.
Price: US$84.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green hardcover, ex-library with a pocket inside the back cover and a few stamps inside. No spine label, the cover lettering has wea, the spine lettering is mostly gone. Still a good copy of a very rare early edition of this important classic. Good. The Blakiston Co., 1943. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. No Jacket. This book is bound in green cloth boards. The Bobbs-Merril Company with the March 10, 1943 Ayn Rand note in print on the copyright page. Spine lettering is worn/faded; The page number on Page 9 resembles a zero; Page 321 contains the misspelled word "refrred" on Line 5; and Page 480, Line 2, reads "Domininque." We ship fast.
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Ayn Rand. THE FOUNTAINHEAD. The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, 1943.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Copyright date of 1930 with no other date indicated. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Burgundy coverboards with some edgewear. Gilt lettering on boards. Tape marks on endpapers. Dust jacket has chips/tears around edges and some light creasing and is NOT price-clipped. Early printing. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 753 pp.
Seller: Bibliodditiques, IOBA, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. Blakiston Company, 1943.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Blakiston Co., 1943. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. No Jacket. This book is bound in brown cloth boards, with gilt lettering on the front and spine. The Bobbs-Merril Company with the March 10, 1943 Ayn Rand note in print on the copyright page. Spine lettering is worn/faded; edgewear to cover; corners are bumped; page edges soiled; owner's name on FFEP; The page number on Page 9 resembles a zero; Page 321 contains the misspelled word "refrred" on Line 5; and Page 480, Line 2, reads "Domininque." 754 pages. (CK)
Seller: The Last Book Store, Tyler, TX, U.S.A.
. Ayn Rand. The Fountainhead, 1943.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice condition, early reprint copy of "THE FOUNTAINHEAD" by Ayn Rand with its original dust jacket. 1943; "Bobbs Merrill" printed on the spine of the book / "The Blakiston Company" printed on the title page; Philadelphia. From the dust jacket: "An excitingly dramatic novel, this book is based on a challenging belief in the importance of selfishness, on the provocative idea that man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress." The dust jacket is un-clipped with the original $3.00 price intact on the front flap. (The jacket comes with a clear protective sleeve - not shown.) Condition: Clean covers and spine; sharp corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Bright gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Nice interior - the pages are clean and appear unread with no notable issues found. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the original $3.00 price intact on the front flap; there are some small tears along the perimeter, and some small pieces missing at the top/bottom edges of the spine.overall the jacket is in Good+ condition. (The jacket comes with a clear, protective sleeve - not shown.)
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. The Blakiston Company/Bobbs Merrill, 1943.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown/burgundy cloth binding. lightly bumped spine edges and cover corners. age-toned text block page edges. tiny closed chipped bump to the spine. contents clean and tight
Seller: Peasant Birch Booksellers, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. Blakiston Company, 1943.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: dark brown cloth binding
Seller: RP BOOKS, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
RAND Ayn.. The Fountainhead.. , 1943.
Price: US$134.36 + shipping
Description: Philadelphia: Blakiston Company 1943. 8vo. Orig. red cloth with dustjacket top & lower spine chipped some slight rubbing to edges. iv 754 pp.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. Bobbs Merrill / The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1943.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good, hardcover, 1943 brown cloth, no dust jacket. First edition, later state, with page errors - "points"
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Ayn Rand. The Fountainhead. The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, 1943.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Brown hardcover bumped and worn. First Edition, later printing. Copyright 1943, The Bobbs-Merril Company w/ the March 10, 1943 Ayn Rand note in print on the copyright page.No dust jacket. Rare Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: George's Books & Autographs, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
RAND, Ayn. The Fountainhead (Signed). Blakiston Company, 1943.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed Ayn Rand The Fountainhead RAND, Ayn. The Fountainhead. The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia : [1943]. Signed by Ayn Rand on front free endpaper. Octavo. Published the same year as the first edition. Octavo. 754,(4)pp. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on front free endpaper. Bound in original full green cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Lightest of rubbing to extremities. Front hinge starting. Else, a near fine copy signed by one of the most iconic women authors of the 20th century. Scarce! Now preserved in an archival facsimile dust jacket. Scarce! Publication Date 1943, (Published same year as the first edition). The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, her first major literary success. The novel's protagonist, Howard Roark, is an intransigent young architect who battles against conventional standards and refuses to compromise with an architectural establishment unwilling to accept innovation. Roark embodies what Rand believed to be the ideal man, and his struggle reflects Rand's belief that individualism is superior to collectivism. OCLC 300033023
Seller: Weinstein-Perez Rare Books, Studio City, CA, U.S.A.