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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand (additionally, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan and Robert Hessen)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
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Orange Park, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: The New American Library, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, "Seventh Printing" stated on copyright page. First-issue price-clipped dust jacket. Black boards and green cloth spine with silver lettering. 309 pages. NEAR FINE book in VERY GOOD + dust jacket. Book is bright and clean, tight and square. Fine except for a light bump at top edge of front board, a faint clear liquid stain at bottom spine end, and some light faint foxing on top edge of text block. Flawless interior. No previous owner markings. Dust jacket is bright and clean with no sunning or toning. Light rubbing at spine ends and corner tips but no tears. Clear liquid stain at bottom spine end extending to adjacent portions of front and rear panels which is outwardly invisible except for slight waviness to paper. Jacket is protected in a new archival mylar cover..
Synopsis
The foundations of capitalism are being battered by a flood of altruism, which is the cause of the modern world's collapse. This is the view of Ayn Rand, a view so radically opposed to prevailing attitudes that it constitutes a major philosophic revolution. In this series of essays, she presents her stand on the persecution of big business, the causes of war, the default of conservatism, and the evils of altruism. Here is a challenging new look at modern society by one of the most provocative intellectuals on the American scene.This edition includes two articles by Ayn Rand which did not appear in the hardcover edition: The Wreckage of the Consensus," which presents the Objectivists views on Vietnam and the draft; and Requiem for Man," an answer to the Papal encyclical Progresso Populorum.
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- Bookseller
- Odysseus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3943
- Title
- Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
- Author
- Ayn Rand (additionally, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan and Robert Hessen)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The New American Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality; Society, Politics, Economics;
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