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Rand, Ayn : The Fountainhead

Bobbs-Merrill

This is the edition that other sellers describe as being an early reprint. Green boards. The only date mentioned is the 1943 copyright. No impression mentioned. The boards are a bit marked, bumped and sunned. A little damp marking. Soundly bound.. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket

Rand, Ayn : The Fountainhead

Cassell, 1953

Jacket is torn and marked.Creased.Boards are cocked.One stamp.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Book Condition: Used: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Poor

2nd.

Rand, Ayn : The Fountainhead

Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis and New York, 1943

First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; Second issue green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; 754pp. Minor wear along edges and spine end. A Near Fine copy, with the binding still sound and the gilt still bright and legible. All errors are present including these: page number 9 appears as 0; referred misspelled refrred, 5th line of page 321; the "G" in "G. W. " is smaller than the "W.", 4th line of page 381; "Dominique" misspelled "Domininque," line 2 of page 480. Arguably Rand's finest and most influential novel, and the basis for the 1949 film starring Gary Cooper and Patrician Neal. No DJ., Near Fine

1st Edition

Rand, Ayn : The Fountainhead

Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis and New York, 1943

First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; First issue red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; 754pp. Minor wear along edges and spine end. A Near Fine copy, with the binding still sound and the gilt still bright and legible. All errors are present including these: page number 9 appears as 0; referred misspelled refrred, 5th line of page 321; the "G" in "G. W. " is smaller than the "W.", 4th line of page 381; "Dominique" misspelled "Domininque," line 2 of page 480. Arguably Rand's finest and most influential novel, and the basis for the 1949 film starring Gary Cooper and Patrician Neal. No DJ., Near Fine

1st Edition

Rand, Ayn : The Fountainhead

Cassel & Company, London, 1947

8vo.. Small bookseller's label on front pastedown and light offsetting to forn and rear feps. ow. this is a near fine copy in a very good plus dw. which is complete but has some mild edge wear and rubbing, mainly at the extremes of the spine and also one or two short closed tears. Altogether a superior copy of this large volume.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Plus

First English Edition

RAND, Ayn : The Fountainhead

Cassell, 1949

A fine copy in a vg++ edgeworn d.w., short closed tear and tiny chip head rear hinge, light wear to corners. An extremely attractive example of an early printing in the notoriously difficult-to-find d.w.

Second Edition

RAND, Ayn : The Fountainhead

Cassell, 1958

A fine copy in the oiginal black cloth.

Second Edition (Cheap edition)

RAND, Ayn : The Fountainhead

Cassell, 1961

Ink name and date fep, else a fine unread copy in a fine unclipped d.w. Scarce in such fine state.

6th Edition

Rand, Ayn : THE FOUNTAINHEAD

New York Bobbs Merrill 1943. Cloth, 8vo, 754 pages. Later printing of the first edition, with no printings stated but with all the other first edition points. In the second state dustjacket. Red cloth lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine . The dustjacket features a $3.00 price at the base of the front flat and a photo of the author along with three reviews of the book at the rear. All points are present: Page 9: The "9" looks like an "o" at the bottom. Page 321, Line 5: "referred" is spelled "refrred". Page 381, Line 4: The "G" in "G. W. " is slightly smaller. Page 480, Line 2: "Dominique" is spelled "Domininque". Rand was born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum in 1905, into a middle-class family living in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the eldest of three daughters (Alisa, Natasha, and Nora) . Her parents were, Zinovy Zacharovich Rosenbaum and Anna Borisovna Rosenbaum, agnostic and largely non-observant Jews. Her father was a chemist and a successful pharmaceutical entrepreneur who earned the privilege of living outside the Jewish Pale of Settlement. (Wikipedia, 2010) . This book was Rand's first major literary success which became a huge seller, matching the later popularity of Atlas Shrugged. Made into a Hollywood film in 1949, with Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal in the lead roles, it has become an enduring piece of literature, more popular now than when published in 1943. On the surface, it is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper columnist, Ellsworth Toohey. But the book addresses a number of universal themes: the strength of the individual, the tug between good and evil, the threat of fascism. Light use wear to cloth. Inside hinges are starting, but no markings, completely clean inside. Jacket has sunned spine and wear, especially at crown of spine, but is attractive. Overall Good Condition in Good Jacket. (spec-14-21)

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