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12/4/67.' Remarkably rare Ayn Rand, not listed in Perinn's thorough bibliography of Ayn Rand! Book #C1222. This copy - the only one of its kind we've seen in almost 5 decades of locating rare Rand - has been inscribed to author, bibliophile and noted science fiction collector Jack Cordes on the front endpaper: 'To Jack Cordes - Cordially - Ayn Rand. Some rubbing present to the red on the front and spine panels, a touch of dustiness at the edges of the rear panel, with a bit of minute wear at the spine ends Near Fine. In a bright dustjacket, absent chips or tears and still bearing the 6/- net price on the front flap. Octavo maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine Spine gilt slightly dulled, else Fine. UNMATCHED RARE SIGNED Ayn Rand in the revised, text the same year as its American publication. First Printing of Revised Anthem, the only copy we've ever seen with its ORIGINAL dust jacket Condition: Near Fine. SIGNED by Ayn Rand: Anthem in dust jacket! Second Edition, Cassell, London, 1953. Provenance: From the private collection of Jay T. 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). '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. Jan 18, 1940.' This copy last sold at Bonhams 2005 for almost $11,750. Playfully inscribed 'To George with love - and more than that! Ayn. Scarce original jacket Fair only with significant paper loss to the spine and chips at the corners. Spine slightly cocked with rubbing to corners and base of boards. Publisher's binding with red marbled boards and gilt to spine.

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