Rand, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. New York: Random House, 1957. Excellent Presentation Copy In Unusually Fine Condition. A splendid example of this Rand High Spot. First Edition, First issue, correctly priced dustwrapper with 10/57 on the lower front flap & the publisher's name in full on the bottom rear flap. Thick octavo, pp1171. Sharp tight unblemished binding & bright original unrestored dustwrapper in superb condition - rarely seen as such these days. Authentically inscribed on the front free endpaper in black fountain pen: " To Graham Porter / - Cordially - / Ayn Rand / 06/25/58" The Classic Rand - amongst all modern firsts, this dustwrapper is probably our favorite for its richness of design. Custom clamshell case in fine condition. A premium copy. $21,750

Rand, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. New York: Random House, 1957. A fabulous collector's grade copy of this Rand High Spot. First Edition, First issue, correctly priced dustwrapper with 10/57 on the lower front flap & the publisher's name in full on the bottom rear flap. Thick octavo, pp. 1171. As near to perfect as one could hope to achieve, the original green cloth binding is fine, & fresh - something one seldom gets to see. The superb Salter designed dustwrapper is truly wonderful. This is the finest copy we have seen in many a moon with the white of the dustwrapper, recto, verso, pristine and with flawless colour depth in the famous rich purple, green, blue, yellow & red hues. Two tiny surface rubs, 1 very short closed tear otherwise as new and unrestored. This book has been protected from exposure to daylight for over 50 years & looks as fresh as the day it was published. The Classic Rand - amongst all modern firsts, this dustwrapper is probably our favorite for its richness of design. A stunning premium copy - a hundred times more difficult to find than 99.9 percent of the copies offered today. Perhaps one of the best example available anywhere at any price. In a beautiful gilt lettered custom collector's clamshell case. $6750

Rand, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Signed. New York: Random House, 1957. A fine fresh copy of this Ayn Rand High Spot First Edition in excellent collector's condition; the superb Salter designed dustwrapper near fine & very bright with vivid colour depth, the white titles at the spine still white - just a bit of wear showing at the spine crown. A superb copy with the unusual feature of having been signed by Rand's lover, Nathaniel Branden, to whom Atlas Shrugged is dedicated and who has signed on the dedication page beneath his printed name. Branden was very instrumental in the Objectivist movement. According to Branden, he signed very few copies of Atlas but was charmed into signing this one. A rare example. Custom clamshell case in fine condition. First Edition, First issue, correctly priced dustwrapper with 10/57 on the lower front flap & the publisher's name in full on the bottom rear flap. Thick octavo, pp. 1171. [30759] $5500 

"Nathaniel Branden, né Nathan Blumenthal (b. 1930 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada), is a psychotherapist and writer best known today for his work in the psychology of self-esteem from a humanistic perspective. A former student and one-time romantic partner of novelist Ayn Rand, Branden had a prominent role in promoting Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. In 1958, Branden established the Nathaniel Branden Institute (NBI) as an educational organization to spread the philosophical principles of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand. Branden offered a series of lectures called "Basic Principles of Objectivism". Alan Greenspan, future chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, would contribute with a lecture called "The Economics of a Free Society".