Rand, Ayn. Anthem. Cassell, London, 1938.

Price: US$12500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 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.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Rand, Ayn. Anthem (Presentation Copy). Cassell, London, 1938.

Price: US$17500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Publisher's binding with red marbled boards and gilt to spine. Spine slightly cocked with rubbing to corners and base of boards. Black topstain and black endpapers. Scarce original jacket Fair only with significant paper loss to the spine and chips at the corners. Playfully inscribed "To George with love -- and more than that! Ayn. Jan 18, 1940." This copy last sold at Bonhams 2005 for almost $11,750. "In the summer of 1937, Rand took a break from working on The Fountainhead to write the novelette Anthem, a short, highly stylized tale of a future dystopia so saturated in collectivism that the word 'I' has disappeared from the language.Anthem is Rand's 'hymn to man's ego.' It is the story of one man's rebellion against a totalitarian society. Equality 7-2521 is a young man who yearns to understand 'the Science of Things,' but he lives in a bleak, dystopian future where independent thought is a crime, and where science and technology have regressed to primitive levels.In pursuit of knowledge, Equality 7-2521 struggles to answer the questions that burn within him -- questions that ultimately lead him to uncover the mystery behind his society's downfall and to find the key to a future of freedom and progress" (Rand Institute). Bonhams lot 3169 (2005). Provenance: From the private collection of Jay T. Snider. Very Good + in Fair dust jacket.

Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Rand, Ayn. Anthem. Cassell, London, 1938.

Price: US$27500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 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.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.