Atlas Shrugged [Fourteenth Printing] Tapa dura - 1957

New York: Random House, 1957. Stated Fourteenth Printing at copyright page. Scarce deep red full-cloth boards, bright gilt cover initials and spine titles on crisp black field, moderate shelf wear, spine concavity. Deckled pages near very good. "Interesting vintage inscription with musical bar below it at front endpaper: "To Hoopes 'dearest' From Stoneman: By Our Love. May '73. In the Name of the Best Within Us! [musical bar]." Bind good, sqaure; hinges intact. Deep charcoal top-stain, some discoloration. Matching first edition facsimile dust wrapper, fine; protected in new clear sleeve. Near very good early printing in fine facsimile wrapper. In Rand's greatest achievement and last work of fiction, she dramatizes her unique philosophy through an intellectual story that integrates ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, and sex. Set in a near-future U.S.A. whose economy is collapsing as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators and industrialists, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life. Endowed w/larger-than-life characters, and charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is a revolutionary epic. 1184 pages. Insured post. . First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.