Description
First American Hardcover edition of Anthem by Ayn Rand, in the publisher’s first state dust jacket.
Octavo, 105pp, [8]. Green cloth, title stamped in black. This copy appears unread. The first state, with no mention of printing history on copyright page. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, price-clipped, author’s biography and short review on rear panel, touch of shelf wear, short closed tear at top edge of spine, a near fine example. (Perinn, A2e)
Anthem was first published in 1938 by Cassell And Company of London (Perinn, A2a). The first appearance in the United States was in pamphlet form, printed by Pamphleteers, Inc. in 1946. This copy from The Caxton Printers is the first appearance in hardcover in the United States, with 50,000 copies of the first state printing.
