Description
First edition, early issue of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.
Octavo, 754pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. No additional printings mentioned on copyright page, but lacking the “first edition” statement. Exceptionally clean text. In publisher’s second state dust jacket, $3.00 on front flap, author’s photograph and three reviews, chipping at edges, closed tears, archival repair along top edge. (Perinn A3b).
Contains the following first edition errors, as noted in Perinn: “Domininque” on page 480; “G.W.” on page 381; “refrred” on page 321.
