Atlas Shrugged [Signed Fourteenth Printing]

New York: Random House, 1957. Beautifully signed by Ayn Rand at half-title page: "Ayn Rand, 10/21/73." Rare flat signed trade edition from this unique period. Stated Fourteenth Printing at copyright. 1957 also at copyright page; no other dates. Circa 1973 printing matching the first in design, quality and dimensions. Fine burgundy full-cloth boards, bright gilt cover initials and spine titles on crisp black field, moderate shelf wear. Deckled pages near fine, no writing. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Moderate offset to front endpaper and half-title page; first fifty somewhat protruding at deckled edge. Beautiful pictorial dust wrapper, light shelf wear; unclipped 12.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Features the original first edition jacket design with cover painting by George Salter. Rare near very good signed early printing in near fine 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 with larger-than-life characters, and charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is a revolutionary epic. 1184 pages. Insured post.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Salter, George (Cover Art). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.