Anne C. Heller. Signed by author. Stated first edition, first printing. New York: Doubleday, 2009. Both unclipped dust jacket and hardcover are in Near Fine condition. No writing or markings in this copy, which looking unread, 567 pp. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.
The Russian immigrant who became an American icon, Ayn Rand was one of the most unlikely figures to arise in American culture in the 20th Century. Born in Russia in 1905, with the name of Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum, she emigrated to the United States at the age of 21 where she turned herself into a Hollywood screen writer, a very successful novelist and a philosopher who had wide influence and became a cult figure.
Her two most successful novels are The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and are said to have sold more than 37-million copies. Ms Rand died in 1982 after a full and rather tangled life.
