FOUNTAINHEAD AYN RAND 1943 BOBBS-MERRILL ALL ERRORS

FOUNTAINHEAD / AYN RAND / 1943 / BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS / RED CLOTH HARD COVERS / EARLY PRINTING / HAS ALL THE ERRORS LISTED / NO DUST JACKET

SIZE : THIS COPY OF FOUNTAINHEAD BY AYN RAND MEASURES AS FOLLOWS : 8 1/4 INCHES BY 5 3/4 INCHES .

CONDITION : EXCEPT FOR A FEW MINOR SPOTS ON THE BACK AND FRONT COVERS AND FORMER OWNERS SIGNATURE ON THE FLY LEAF ... THIS COPY OF FOUNTAIN HEAD BY AYN RAND IS IN GOOD TO VERY GOOD PREVIOUSLY OWNED / READ / ENJOYED / AND NOW CURRENTLY COLLECTED CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MISSING OR RIPPED TORN PAGES , / THE BOOK IS CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHTOUT , THERE ARE NO EXCESSIVE DAMAGES AND NO REPAIRS. GOING THROUGH THE BOOK CAREFULLY AGAIN WE NOTE ONE PAGE .... HAS AN 1/16TH INCH TEAR IN THE BOTTOM MIDDLE OF THE PAGE / COVER CORNERS MODESTLY BUMPED / GILT STAMPED SPINE AND COVER TEXT IS WORN SEE DIGITAL IMAGES PLEASE

PUBLISHER : BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS

DATE : 1943

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WE OFFER THIS EARLY PRINTING OF THE FOUNTAIN HEAD BY AYN RAND / BOBBS-MERRILL PUBLISHERS / RED CLOTH HARD COVERS / DATED 1943

THE FOUNTAINHEAD IS A 1943 NOVEL BY AYN RAND. IT WAS RAND'S FIRST MAJOR LITERARY SUCCESS AND ITS ROYALTIES AND MOVIE RIGHTS BROUGHT HER FAME AND FINANCIAL SECURITY. THE BOOK'S TITLE IS A REFERENCE TO RAND'S STATEMENT THAT "MAN'S EGO IS THE FOUNTAINHEAD OF HUMAN PROGRESS".

THE FOUNTAINHEAD EXAMINES THE LIFE OF AN INDIVIDUALISTIC ARCHITECT, HOWARD ROARK, WHO CHOOSES TO STRUGGLE IN OBSCURITY RATHER THAN COMPROMISE HIS ARTISTIC AND PERSONAL VISION BY PANDERING TO THE PREVAILING TASTE IN BUILDING DESIGN. ROARK IS A SINGULAR FORCE THAT STANDS UP AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT, AND IN HIS OWN UNIQUE WAY, PREVAILS. THE BOOK WAS REJECTED BY TWELVE PUBLISHERS BEFORE A YOUNG EDITOR, ARCHIBALD OGDEN, AT THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHING HOUSE WIRED TO THE HEAD OFFICE, "IF THIS IS NOT THE BOOK FOR YOU, THEN I AM NOT THE EDITOR FOR YOU." DESPITE GENERALLY NEGATIVE REVIEWS FROM THE CONTEMPORARY MEDIA, THE BOOK GAINED A FOLLOWING BY WORD OF MOUTH AND SOLD HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COPIES .THE FOUNTAINHEAD WAS MADE INTO A HOLLYWOOD FILM IN 1949, WITH GARY COOPER IN THE LEAD ROLE OF HOWARD ROARK, AND A SCREENPLAY BY RAND HERSELF.

HAS ALL FIRST EDITION ERRORS: PAGE 9: THE "9" LOOKS LIKE AN "O" AT THE BOTTOM, PAGE 321 LINE 5: "REFRRED", PAGE 381 LINE 4: "G.W. THE 'G' IS SHORTER, PAGE 480 LINE 2: "DOMININQUE"."

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