We the Living
by Rand, Ayn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Octavo. Original blue cloth decorated in black with gilt lettering and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Creasing to board edges
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Synopsis
We the Living is the first novel published by the American novelist Ayn Rand. It was also Rand's first expression against communism. First published in 1936, it is a story of life in post-revolutionary Russia. Ayn Rand observes in the foreword to this book that We the Living was the closest she would ever come to writing an autobiography. Her working title for the novel had been "Airtight. " We the Living was first completed in 1934, but, despite the support it received from H.L.
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- Bookseller
- Respublica Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101
- Title
- We the Living
- Author
- Rand, Ayn
- Book Condition
- Used - Octavo. Original blue cloth decorated in black with gilt lettering and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Creasing to board edges
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Random House edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Poetry; Philosophy & Religion;
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
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