The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand: First Edition (111 results)
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condition: Good. 1ST. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, IrelandKennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd.
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Condition: New. 2007. 1st Edition. paperback. Tells the story of Howard Roark, a brilliant architect who dares to stand alone against the hostility of second-hand souls. First published in 1943, this novel presents a view of man's creative potential. It is about ambition, power, gold and love. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Nu…m Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516. . . . . .
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- First Edition
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.Carpetbagger Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Introduction by Rand. Afterword by Leonard Peikoff. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($39.95). Quarter black cloth with orange paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
Published by Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1968. ith special introduction by Rand., 1968
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Waverly & Rugby Books, Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.Waverly & Rugby Books
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Add to basketCondition: Very good. First printing of this edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Top, bottom of spine, corners rubbed. Internally clean and tight. The 25th anniversary edition, with the color frontispiece by Frank O'Connor.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antikvariat Faust, Göteborg, SwedenAntikvariat Faust
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Add to basketCassell and Company, Limited, London 1947. First UK edition. 643, (1) pp. Publisher's cloth, no jacket. Bookplates. Fine condition.
Language: English
Published by Bobbs-Merrill Co, Indianapolis, 1943
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Grandma Gerene's Bookshop, Mt. Vernon, WA, U.S.A.Grandma Gerene's Bookshop
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "I offer my profound gratitude to the great profession of architecture and its heroes who have given some of the highest expressions of man's genius," wrote Ayn Rand. She then writes that none of the characters in the book were used as reference to any real persons. The condit…ion is very good. The 754 pages are clean and free of all marks, tears and folds. The green cloth cover is clean but somewhat faded on the spine and the corners are rubbed. The binding is tight.
The Fountainhead [The 25th-Anniversary Edition]
Rand, Ayn; Ayn Rand (Author & With A New Introduction by the Author, Written Especially For This Anniversary Edition)
Language: English
Published by A Signet Book/Signet Books/Published by The New American Library, Inc., New York, et al., 1968
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks
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Add to basketMass Market Paperback. Condition: Used-Acceptable. 25th Anniversary Edition. 695 pp. The 25th-Anniversary Edition! A rare, hard-to-find, out-of-print, scarce, true collectible gem! A collector's item! A perfectly acceptable copy! Solidly bound copy with heavy and extensive overall wear and use. Clean text on very brittle pages.…Heavy or very extensive browning, tanning, foxing or discoloration on page edges, not affecting text. Indented and creased spine. Some wear to cover pages. Slightly bumped corners. Spine reinforced with adhesive tape. Chipped cover page corners. Frank O'Connor (Front Cover Painting) (illustrator).
More images- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.Southampton Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, Later Printing. Published by Bobbs-Merrill / Macmillan, 1986. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.
Published by Signet, New York, 1971
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.Raptis Rare Books
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Add to basketSignet edition, later printing of Randsâ breakthrough work and her first major literary success. Duodecimo, original publisherâs pictorial wrappers, all edges stained yellow. In near fine condition. Although Rand was a previously published novelist and had a successful Broadway play, she faced difficulty in finding a publisher s…he thought right for The Fountainhead. She let Macmillian Publishing go when they rejected her demand for better publicity (Branden, 1986), and when her agent criticized the novel, she fired him and handled submissions herself (Burns, 2009). After sifting through eleven more publishers, Rand finally released The Fountainhead with Bobbs-Merrill Company in 1943. The reception was instant, and The Fountainhead became a bestseller in two years. The protagonist, Howard Roark, whose character was thought to be inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, is a young architect fighting against convention. Cited by numerous architects as an inspiration, Ayn Rand said the theme of the book was "individualism versus collectivism, not within politics but within a man's soul." Rand chose architecture as the analogy of her heady themes because of the context of the ascent of modern architecture. It provided an appropriate mode to make relevant her beliefs that the individual is of supreme value, the "fountainhead" of creativity, and that selfishness, properly understood as ethical egoism, is a virtue. Some critics consider The Fountainhead to be Rand's best novel (Merill, 1991). Indeed, philosopher Mark Kingwell described it as "Rand's best work" (Kingwell, 2006). In 1949 it was adapted to film, produced by Henry Blanke, directed by King Vidor, starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Robert Douglas, and Kent Smith.
Language: English
Published by Easton Press, Norwich, CT, 1989
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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Add to basketFull-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. 1st. 1st, thus special edition; full blue leather w/raised bands, git decorations/ titles; all edges gilt but with some scratching and rubbing, decorative end papers, satin marker; pp. 354-741 clean, unmarked pages; blank owner's plate. Victoria Vebe…ll (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, New York, 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.Ernestoic Books
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Add to basketLater Printing. Later printing of first edition. Book measures approximately 8" x 5.5" with 753 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Moderate sunning to spine and both board edges. Front hinge cracked. Front endpaper has minor staining. Mesh showing on dedication page. Las…t page of text & rear endpaper loose/detached. "The Fountainhead" is written by Russian-American author Ayn Rand and is 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 establishment unwilling to accept innovation. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (C1-5).
Published by Cassell, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are a bit rubbed and edgeworn. There is some tanning and light foxing. The ffep is a bit scarred. Soundly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
More imagesPublished by Cassell, London, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Treasure House Books, Franschhoek, WCAPE, South AfricaTreasure House Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The spine has edgewear and the back board is spotted with light stains. Endpapers browned and with neat contemporary message dated Xmas 1947. Outer leaves and edges slightly foxed. Hinge split, but book still very much together and can be used. The scarce 1947 British First Edition, the p…rint run of which was only 5250 copies.
Language: English
Published by International Collectors Library, 1968
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BC BOOKS, APOLLO BEACH, FL, U.S.A.BC BOOKS
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: AS NEW CONDITION. NO DUST JACKET (AS ISSUED). First Edition, First Printing Thus. // NO REMAINDER MARK// NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKS OF ANY KIND (no names or inscriptions, no bookplate, no underlining, etc) // The gilt lettering and decoration are in perfect condition // satin place marker // ornate black and g…old binding //.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Bobbs Merrill, 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BC BOOKS, APOLLO BEACH, FL, U.S.A.BC BOOKS
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: FINE CONDITION. Dust Jacket Condition: NEAR FINE DUST JACKET. First Edition, Later Printing. // NO REMAINDER MARK// NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKS OF ANY KIND (no names or inscriptions, no bookplate, no underlining, etc) // NOT PRICE CLIPPED// NEW MYLAR COVER// one tiny chip on the dust jacket.
Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company (1943), Indianapolis, IN, 1943
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ray Boas, Bookseller - Established 1980, Walpole, NH, U.S.A.Ray Boas, Bookseller - Established 1980
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Add to basketHC. 754pp Nice clean and tight copy of the Second State with all first edition points. SPINE FADED TO LIGHT BROWN, and around to boards a tad, light wear top of spine. Full details and images on our website - please ask for link. good, green cloth (hardcover) NO DUSTJACKET -- FADING TO SPINE.
Language: English
Published by Macmillan, New York, 1986
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS, St. Catharines, ON, CanadaTHE USUAL SUSPECTS
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. FACSIMILE edition of one of the cornerstones of American literature. First published in 1943. Jacket spine shows a touch of fading. Overall a FINE( appears unread) book in NEAR FINE jacket. Exact facsimile of the original .
More imagesPublished by Cassell and Company Limited London, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United KingdomAddyman Books
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Add to basketCassell and Company Limited, London. 1947. First edition in the UK. Hardback NO DW. Black cloth gilt. Marked, faded and rubbed along edges. Type on spine also faded. End papers browned with house library stamp to front. Pages edges soiled but contents clean.
Published by Blakiston Company Philadelphia 1943, 1943
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne
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Add to basket1st ed. thus hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo 754pp., The Bobbs-Merril Company with the March 10, 1943 Ayn Rand note in print on the copyright page. The page number on Page 9 is a zero. Page 321 contains the misspelled word "refrred" on Line 5; and Page 480, Line 2, reads "Domininque." Very good tight copy in rather d…ulled brown boards.
Language: English
Published by First Edition Library
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. FIRST. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Beautiful facsimile duplicate of the original FIRST EDITION hardcover book and Dust Jacket in a slipcase. Book in AS NEW FINE condition Slipcase in new fine condition.DJ is Fine+.
More imagesPublished by Cassell London, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United KingdomAddyman Books
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Add to basketFirst edition UK. Cassell, London. 1947. Hardback no dust-wrapper. Black cloth, gilt type to spine. Lacks dust-wrapper; cloth a little rubbed, page edges a little grubby. Inscription to front paste-down end-paper with some off-setting to free end-paper.
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Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis and New York
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Archives, Manassas, VA, U.S.A.The Archives
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A well-preserved early Bobbs-Merrill edition of Ayn Rand's landmark novel of architecture, individualism, and creative integrity. Published in 1943, The Fountainhead follows architect Howard Roark and became the work that established Rand as a major literary and philosophi…cal figure in twentieth-century America. This copy retains the publisher's original green cloth binding with gilt lettering and contains the dedication page 'To Frank O'Connor,' the complete text, and a contemporary gift inscription dated 1946, demonstrating ownership within only a few years of publication. Condition: Book grades Very Good-. Binding remains strong and secure with no loose pages. Interior is clean with no underlining, highlighting, or ownership markings beyond the thoughtful gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Pages remain generally bright with light age toning consistent with a 1940s publication. Green cloth boards show moderate shelf wear, rubbing, scattered spots of soiling, and fraying at the spine ends and corners. Gilt stamping remains legible though somewhat dulled. No dust jacket present. Copyright page shows 1943 Bobbs-Merrill copyright. No later-printing statement is visible, and the book retains the early publisher's binding and dedication leaf. However, absent additional first-printing points, this copy should be cataloged conservatively as an early Bobbs-Merrill printing (circa 1943-1946) rather than definitively as a first printing. The dated 1946 gift inscription establishes that the book was in circulation by that year. Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher best known for The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Her fiction popularized the philosophy she later termed Objectivism, emphasizing individual achievement, reason, and personal liberty. The Fountainhead remains one of the most influential and widely collected American novels of the twentieth century.
Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT, 1989
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.Fahrenheit's Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. Presumed first edition thus, hardcover in blue leather with gold gilt decoration and edges, with publisher's "Great Books of the 20th Century Collector's Notes" laid in at the front. The book has a slight lean to the binding, mild wear to the spine ends and cover c…orners, and some fraying starting to the tail of the ribbon. Overall, a solid, tight and clean, Very Good+ copy. Vebell, Victoria (illustrator).
Published by Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1943., 1943
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Waverly & Rugby Books, Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.Waverly & Rugby Books
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Later printing of the first edition. Hardcover. Good condition (no dust jacket). Rubbing to spine and front cover; top and bottom of spine, corners, rubbed. Former owner's bookplate on ffep. Apparently a later printing of the first edition, but in the first state binding (red) and with all the first state points…. Internally clean and tight, except for signs of erasure on pp. 382-383.
Published by Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: GraceyBooks, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.GraceyBooks
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Edition but not stated. Has all the First Edition points in the text. Second State Dust Jacket with the photo and three reviews. Book has green boards is in Very Good + condition. The Dust Jacket is Fair to Good with the exception of a 2" by 3" chip… at the top front. Most of the word "The" is missing. The price of $3.00 is present at the bottom front flap of the jacket. Digital images available upon request. Price reflects the condition of the jacket. Jacket is in protective BroDart mylar cover. All books shipped same day or next in a box with styrofoam peanuts.
Published by The Bobbs- Merrill Company, 1943
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: thewidowsbooks, Madison, AL, U.S.A.thewidowsbooks
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Green clth brds. Corners bumped.Reading copy.Some wr to bottom edge. Book plate on ffep. Points: Page 321-line 5- "refrred" Page 381-- Line 4-- "G.W." page 480--line 2-- " Domininque"..
Fountainhead, The A Novel ( Facsimile of 1st edition with authors photograph on back of DJ with Reviews of Book )
Ayn Rand ,blank endpapers , with special introduction by author
Published by Bobbs-Merrill NY
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.Bluff Park Rare Books
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Add to basketHBDJ, facsimile 1st edition, 1st issue,1968, Reddish cloth with Gold Gilt Lettering, minor soil back side DJ, NF/VG AS-.
Published by Bobbs Merrill Co
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.Nicholas J. Certo
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. (1943) early printing. Publishers grey paper covered boards with titles in black. A fresh NEAR FINE copy in dust wrapper with 1" creased tear at base of front panel, some fade to spine, jacket retains $6.50 publication price.
Language: English
Published by Shelton, CT: First Edition Library, 1980
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Peter Lenz Bookseller, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.Peter Lenz Bookseller
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine hardcover in a Fine dj in a Fine pictorial slipcase. Dj covered in protective mylar. Exact facsimile reproduction of the original 1943 First Edition. 754pp. Like New. Clean text, tight binding, and a clean and bright dj and slipcase.
More imagesPublished by Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis & New York, 1943
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. N/A. First Edition. A solid early printing with printing errors, but no statement of edition. In green cloth with gilt to type which has dulled. Top corners dinged and wear/rubbing to spine ends and corners. Tiny spot rubbed through at bottom front corner. Some diagonal scratches to rear board. Previo…us owner's name to ffep, otherwise clean. some horizontal rippling to text block, perhaps due to thin paper quality used. Binding solid. In brand new high quality facsimile jacket. Early Printing.
