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SIGNED and dated [4/10/77] by Ayn Rand and her husband, Frank O'Connor, on the night of The Ford Hall Forum's tribute to Ayn Rand. "In honoring Ayn Rand, the Ford Hall Forum does honor to itself," opens the invitation to the Forum's "Tribute to Ayn Rand -- Sheraton Boston Hotel -- Boston Mass. -- Sunday, April 10, 1977" In recognition of Rand's commanding popularity of her annual Ford Hall Forum speeches, "a gathering that has been termed the 'Objectivist Easter'" (The New York Times), the Forum invited Miss Rand and her guests to a luncheon, followed by her lecture, "Global Balkanization." One year later at the Forum, Rand delivered her lecture "Cultural Update," (VERY RARE) which, she admits "should have been delivered last year on the occasion of the beautiful luncheon the Forum gave for me." Included are this lovely SIGNED seventh printing of the First American Hardcover Edition of Anthem, a fine copy in a near-fine jacket with edgewear, SIGNED and dated by Ayn Rand and her husband, Frank… Read More

"The most lyrical of any of her work, the most abstract and stylized in its literary method. It has the beauty and cadence of a prose poem" (Branden, 14). Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Matchless Ayn Rand value! "I am. I think. I will." The very scarce true second printing of the First American Hardcover Edition of Anthem, a decade after The Fountainhead, four years before Atlas. Originally published in England in 1938, Anthem "published at last" in America was, according to the publisher's advertising brochure, "too daring for 1937." Some chipping to edges of UNclipped jacket; the book is square, tight, appears unread. Book #C1248. $195. The largest selection of rare, signed, & manuscript Ayn Rand on the planet! All our books and other items are sanitized for your protection before mailing.*****

RAND, Ayn: Anthem SIGNED "Author's Binding" of Anthem, the most elusive Ayn Rand acquisition. ONE OF FEWER THAN 50 COPIES DESIGNED/SIGNED/GIFTED BY AYN RAND AND INTENDED ONLY FOR HER PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. Following the success of her breakthrough novel The Fountainhead and Warner Bros purchase of its movie rights, Rand, now financially successful, ordered a custom red leather binding of Anthem she would sign and send to colleagues, friends, and associates. According to Rand's bibliographer, Vincent Perinn, the number of copies Rand ordered was "fewer than 50, most of which are inscribed for presentation." Rand had revised Anthem in 1946 for American publication, editing for style, rewording some passages, and cutting some excessive language. "No idea or incident was added or omitted; the theme, content and structure are untouched" (From Rand's Foreword). This bespoke copy of Anthem has the same pedigree as the First American Edition, Second Issue, which had a first printing run of 1500 paperwrap… Read More

Unbeatable Price! The authentic ORIGINAL First Edition/First Printing issue of Anthem, published by Cassell of London after its rejection by twelve US publishers. Your chance to read Ayn Rand s original text, which differs from her later, revised editions. Both front and back panels evidence some soiling; spine edges show some fraying. The binding is strong, a bit tender in the middle of the book, but still holding. No writings, bookplates or markings in the text of any kind. Closer to a novelette than a novel, closer to poetry than prose, and written as a diary, Anthem unwraps the hero s struggle to identify this word for which he felt torn. Rand s immortal dystopian novel was published well more than a decade before Orwell s 1984. As relevant today as it was during its publication in America s Red Decade, Anthem is here offered as ORIGINALLY written by Rand at an unmatched price! Discover the differences between Rand's ORIGINAL WRITING and her edited version, published 8 years later, after the… Read More

SIGNED by Ayn Rand, a true rarity: the first revised edition of Anthem, in publisher's rare, ORIGINAL dust jacket, from Rand's British publisher Cassell, the only publisher of the first edition of Anthem. The rarest Rand title to locate signed: Anthem in dust jacket! Cassell, London, 1953. First Printing of "Cassell Cheap Editions" copy of Anthem with an alphabetical list of other titles on back panel of jacket Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. UNMATCHED RARE SIGNED Ayn Rand in revised text the same year she revised it for American publication. Octavo; maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; Spine gilt slightly dulled, else Fine. In a bright dustjacket, absent chips or tears and still bearing the 6/- net price on the front flap. 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. This copy -- the only jacketed copy we've seen in almost 5 decades of… Read More

"If you are really wondering about it, Anthem is a poem" (Rand to Rose Wilder Lane, 1946.) First Edition, one of only 3500 copies of Ayn Rand's only "poem." Anthem was submitted to Rand's American publisher, who rejected it on that grounds that she "did not understand socialism." Rand's British publisher earned the distinct honour of publishing the first, unrevised edition of the poem. A very good, slightly cocked copy, lacking the rare dust jacket, with no writings or markings save for "Printed in England" on the second fly leaf in pencil. Book #P1102. $3500. From the world's largest collection of rare, signed, and manuscript Ayn Rand in private hands. Just ask!

Finest First Edition of Rand's masterpiece, of which she proclaimed with unblinking immodesty: "I know that I am challenging the cultural tradition of two and a half thousand years." Thick 8vo, publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth with spine label, faint mottling to rear board and top half of front board; first issue dust jacket with 10/57 printed on lower front flap, unclipped. Unrestored and dazzlingly bright jacket with a few soft creases, thin line of toning to top of flaps; small stains to front and rear endpapers. No writing or markings of any kind. Housed in a lovely custom clamshell box. Book #Cv2101n. $5200. We offer the world's largest selection of rare, signed, and manuscript Ayn Rand including photographs. Do please inquire.

First Edition/First Printing of Rand's fourth and final novel, which would secure her fame as both novelist and philosopher. "Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all" admonishes the novel's moral crusader to a collapsing country. This copy, very near fine, contains no writings, bookplates, or markings of any kind. Its price-clipped jacket is dazzlingly bright with only tiny hints of mild abrasions. A beautiful copy. Book #vP1301. $2600. From the world's largest collection of Rare, Signed, and Photographed Ayn Rand in private hands.

UNMATCHED AYN RAND Collectible! A beautiful First Edition copy of Atlas Shrugged in a dazzling jacket with only minor chipping at edges. Accompanying the book is a Typed Letter Signed by Ayn Rand, (November 23, 1957, the month following publication) to theatrical producer Ralph Roseman, thanking him for his appreciative letter to her about Atlas and for liking it "for the right reasons." In the second paragraph, Rand explains that she enclosed a "circular about a course of lectures by Nathaniel Branden," which she is sending "to all those who have expressed themselves as friends of Atlas Shrugged." A jaw-dropping Ayn Rand acquisition! Book#P1440. $17,500. We carry THE largest selection of rare, signed and manuscript Ayn rand on the planet!

SIGNED and Numbered by Ayn Rand, presented is copy #1963, one of 2000 Tenth Anniversary Signed Limited Edition copies. Atlas Shrugged, Rand's magnum opus, her celebration of the value of individual life and productive achievement, is the one novel which is "completely my sense of life, without reservations." (Robert Mayhew, Essays on Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged). "Man's life is not the life of a mindless brute, of a looting thug or a mooching mystic--not life by means of force or fraud, but life by means of achievement" (Atlas Shrugged). Octavo, original sumptuous blue cloth, original slipcase. Bound in blue cloth boards with gilt lettering, measuring 6" x 8.75". Fine in the original slipcase, with the original acetate in fine condition. An exceptionally well-preserved example, this is a Bibliophile's Copy in Every Way. Book #vP1221. $4800. (One photo shows the original advertisement for the book in Rand's periodical, The Objectivist. Available separately.) From the world's largest collection of Rare,… Read More

SIGNED and Numbered by Ayn Rand, presented is copy #1920, one of 2000 Tenth Anniversary Signed Limited Edition copies. Atlas Shrugged, Rand's magnum opus, her celebration of the value of individual life and productive achievement, is the one novel which, she once announced with unblinking immodesty, is "completely my sense of life, without reservations." (Robert Mayhew, Essays on Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged). "Man's life is not the life of a mindless brute, of a looting thug or a mooching mystic--not life by means of force or fraud, but life by means of achievement" (Atlas Shrugged). Octavo, original blue cloth, original slipcase. Bound in blue cloth boards with gilt lettering, measuring 6" x 8.75". Very good copy, hinges a tad tender but holding, in the original slipcase with evidence of wear, toning and handling. Some Rand collectors acquire only her two Signed Limited Editions because of their self-guaranteed authenticity. (Rand's other Signed Limited Edition title is Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal,… Read More

We carry the largest selection of rare, signed, and manuscript Ayn Rand in private hands. Unbeatable value! Signed. inscribed, and dated beautiful early printing of Atlas Shrugged. Red cloth gilt in dazzling pictorial price clipped dust jacket.This copy inscribed by the author "To --Cordially--Ayn Rand 6/25/70" on the front flyleaf. Library-Quality copy with very minor jacket edge wear and a closed tear to back panel of dj. Book #P1202. $3950. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.

March 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of Playboy's Interview with Ayn Rand. To commemorate this significant event, one of the earliest mass-market publications to offer Ayn Rand a public forum, Pen Ultimate Rare Books is offering a bibliophile-worthy copy of the original Playboy issue (March, 1964), with its cover touting a pictorial essay, "Girls of Russia and the Iron Curtain Countries." No, Rand was not the centerfold. In this intellectualy electric interview with Alvin Toffler, future author of Future Shock, Rand elucidates her views on everything from meta-ethics to aesthetics, from then-current events to sex and politics. Additionally, this archive includes a copy of "The Lost Parts of the Playboy Interview," written by Don Hauptman, who successfully acquired the original archive of the Ayn Rand interview from Playboy s auction in 2003. Information and illustrations here are nowhere else available. Mr. Hauptman s article details the correspondence between Rand and Playboy, revealing (and… Read More

Four first printing copies of early Ayn Rand lectures at the nation's leading universities, before she owned her own imprint (The Objectivist). All in near-fine condition. Book # P5a299. $75. From the largest collection of rare, signed, and manuscript Ayn Rand in private hands on the planet.

The United States Postal Service honored Ayn Rand on a 33¢ stamp issued April 22, 1999, the 16th stamp in the Literary Art series. Ayn Rand's recognition as a literary giant and the artistry of Nick Gaetano unite here in this unique work with 4 Original "First Day of Issue" envelopes signed by Gaetano. Not a Limited Edition release. This is the only one we've ever seen. Nick Gaetano is a prolific illustrator known for his distinctive art deco style. In addition to his Ayn Rand postage stamp, he has designed for magazines, advertising, book covers, logos, posters, and hooked rugs. Other Ayn Rand related works of Gaetano include covers for Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Anthem, We the Living, Philosophy: Who Needs It, Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal, The New Intellectual, The Early Ayn Rand, The Romantic Manifesto, and The Virtue of Selfishness. In 2002, the original art for the Anniversary Editions of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged sold at auction, by QCFA, for $118,000. Measures 12" x 23"… Read More

Two ORIGINAL recordings, each on LP albums, of Ayn Rand. One is her only short story published in her lifetime, "The Simplest Thing in the World." The other is a recording of Rand's Ford Hall Forum speech, "What Is Capitalism?" Both albums appear to be scratch less, unplayed. Both in their ORIGINAL jackets. For the Ayn Rand collector who has everything. Book #Pv1426. $298. Look no further for rare, signed, photographed and manuscript Ayn Rand.

Very Rare Ayn Rand! Transcript of Rand's final Television Appearance on The Phil Donahue Show, April 29, 1980, less than two years before she passed in March, 1982. Charged with a number of Rand's thunderbolt statements about President Carter, war with Iran, welfare statism, and her favorite TV show. The interview concludes tenderly with Rand's comments on the recent passing of her husband, Frank O'Connor. Circular coffee cup stain on page 1, not affecting text. A single sentence ("She died of a broken heart a year later.") in pencil appears below transcript on final page of text. Some light penciled notations appear on the last blank page. Ayn Rand that no one else has! Book #Cv2307. $500. From the world's largest collection of rare, signed, manuscript, and photographed Ayn Rand in private hands.

Corrected in Ayn Rand's pen, Rand's ORIGINAL Typescript for her occasional column, "Brief Comments" in her magazine The Objectivist, Vol 7, No. 11, November, 1968, but published January, 1969. Handwritten and typed on verso of The Objectivist letterhead. On Christmas Eve, 1968, in the most highly watched television broadcast of its time, Apollo 8 crew members read from the Book of Genesis, King James Version, as they orbited the Moon. Ayn Rand's "brief comments" on Apollo 8 elucidates "mankind's tragedy: a demonstration of man's epistemological double standard in the fields of science and of the humanities." The typescript offers a rare glimpse into Ayn Rand's literary and philosophic mind at work, condensing, cutting, adding, recasting her own words to achieve painstaking precision. A copy of The Objectivist, where Rand's comments originally appeared, accompanies the Rand Typescript. Apart from Rand's "Brief Comments," never reprinted elsewhere, this issue contains the last part of Ayn Rand's… Read More

All Tewnty original lectures (40 LP's) of the "Basic Principles of Objectivism" course delivered by Branden from 1958-68. The topics include Ayn Rand's elaborations on the evidence of the senses, the Law of Identity, rational egoism, and the morality of capitalism + Barbara Branden's contribution on the "Principles of Efficient Thinking." All fine, encased in blue cloth. A beautiful set of the first systematic presentation of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. Book #C11001. $375. Owing to weight, postage will be extra. We carry the largest selection of rare, signed, and manuscript Ayn rand on the planet.

Authorized by Ayn Rand with her participation, complete set of All Tewnty original lectures (40 LP's) of the "Basic Principles of Objectivism" course delivered by Branden from 1958-68. According to one reviewer: "My husband was at the first public lecture in the series.there were so many people attending that they couldn't all fit in the hall rented for the lecture. Ayn Rand took a copy of the first lecture and read it to people who'd been moved to a second room. Then she and Branden switched rooms and did their question and answer sessions with the opposite audience. She had to have been pleased with every word of it since she sat in the audience and applauded each lecture." The topics include Ayn Rand's elaborations on the evidence of the senses, the Law of Identity, rational egoism, and the morality of Atlas Shrugged. All fine, encased in a Fine blue cloth binder. A beautiful set of the first systematic presentation of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. Owing to volume and weight,… Read More