Who Is Ayn Rand? by [RAND, AYN] BRANDEN, Nathaniel; BRANDEN, Barbara - 1962: An Analysis of the Novels of Ayn Rand by Nathaniel Branden with a Biographical Sketch by Barbara Branden

SIGNED by both authors to an important Ayn Rand association. First edition, inscribed by the author "To Linda Lynneberg - With best wishes - Nathaniel Branden 10/25/62" and additionally with Barbara Branden's signature below. The recipient of this title was Linda Lynneberg, a Danish-American lifelong friend to Rand, to whom Rand inscribed many of her own titles (see pics; the book inscribed by Rand is also available). 8vo, publisher's blue cloth, spine silver- and gilt-stamped, few spots to front and rear covers; dust jacket, dust soiling, tips of spine panel with shallow chips and closed tears, folds rubbed, small nicks to fold corners. A highly collectible True first Edition copy of the first non-fiction presentation of Ayn Rand's central ideas, accompanied by a biographical sketch by Barbara Branden, who would become Rand's first biographer with The Passion of Ayn Rand (1986), later made into a movie. Book #Pv5b157. $450. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.