August 2020 Catalogue

F i n e N e w A c q u i s i t i o n s 46 “Who Is John Galt?” 44. RAND, Ayn. Atlas Shrugged. New York, 1957. Thick octavo, original green cloth, dust jacket. $4000. Click for more info First edition of one of the most popular and influential novels of the last 50 years. “From 1943 until its publication in 1957, [Rand] worked on the book that many say is her masterpiece, Atlas Shrugged . This novel describes how a genius named John Galt grows weary of supporting a society of ungrateful parasites and one day simply shrugs and walks away. He becomes an inspiration to like-minded men and women, all of whom eventually follow his example, until society, in its agony, calls them back to responsibility and respect” (ANB). First printing , in first-issue dust jacket. Book fine, unrestored dust jacket with a few minor nicks and rubs to extremities, bright and near-fine. A lovely copy. “I swear— by my life and my love of it—that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”