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The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand, 1943
RAND, Ayn (1905-1982). The Fountainhead. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1943.

First edition, first printing in first binding and first state dust jacket. A superb copy. Jacket priced at $3.00 with Bobbs-Merrill Books on rear panel. Rand's classic novel was rejected by several publishers before being accepted by Bobbs Merrill. It would become her first major literary success.

Octavo. Original red cloth; pictorial dust jacket (a little fading to spine panel, minor soiling to rear panel); custom box.
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The dust jacket has some restoration along the edges and folds, including tiny repairs at fold corners.
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