Indianapolis & New York : The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1943 Seminal work by famed author Ayn Rand using architectural themes to develop her ideas on the importance of selfishness as a way of life. Precursor to later Libertarian Movements. Binding has black boards in fine condition. Side pages are deckle edged. Pages tight and clean of markings. Detraction is the age yellowing of page edges and end pages. DJ shows edge, fold and spine yellowing plus some edge wear. All pieces intact. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. (more information)

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New York & Chicago, USA: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942 Every young rich teen American girl on her first trip abroad in the 1930's. To paraphrase the DJ blurb, Longing to be worldly yet not of the world but on top of it. Clean peach cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, gilt illustration on front cover. Deckled fore-edge. Binding sound with some age toning of pages, no markings. Owner presentation on inside fly page dated 1943. Dust jacket is intact, but yellowed, minor taping, yellowed, edge tattered and some tears at hinges. Spine darkening. One inch strip of masking tape on front with inscription. Smudge on back flap.. Third Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good Minus. Illus. by Alajalov. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York & Chicago, USA: Ives Washburn, Publisher, 1928 FIRST EDITION. Personal account of adventure and smuggling on the high seas. Black cloth boards with orange lettering in very, very good condition for its age. Deckle edged side pages. Red dyed top edges. Slight rubbing on front, fading of spine. Pages have minor age toning. Fancy wallpapered end pages. VG+. No DJ. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tallx. (more information)

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