Ayn Rand; Atlas Shrugged; First Edition/ With 1st $6.95 Jacket

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First edition, stated second printing. Free of former owner writing or bookplates. This large book is very near fine, just a little pull to upper spine, very clean inside and out with no rub, only trace signs of use. Overall a nicer copy than usually found for this large book. A nice collector's book. Attractive, first issue jacket by: Salter with required first issue points: Random House Logo and address without zip on rear flap and 10/57 on front flap. Non price clipped ($6.95) front flap. Mylar protected jacket is very good, moderate wear to edges and some wear/tear around mid section area of front spine fold, less so on the rest of lightly rubbed folds. Rand's magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged. Rand's writing (both fiction and non-fiction) emphasizes the philosophic concepts of objective reality in metaphysics, reason in epistemology, and rational egoism in ethics. In politics she was a proponent of laissez-faire capitalism and a staunch defender of individual rights, believing that the sole function of a proper government is protection of individual rights (including property rights). She believed that individuals must choose their values and actions solely by reason, and that "Man — every man — is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. " According to Rand, the individual "must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing read more

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