New York: Dutton. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0525939466 . Stated first printing, June 1995. A selection of Ayn Rand's letters, beginning with a letter written shortly after she emigrated from Soviet Russia to the US, and throughout her life as an author, screenwriter, philosopher and founder of the Objectivist movement. Many of the letters include a response from the recipient, or explanatory notes about the correspondence. Edited by Michael S. Berliner, and with an introduction by Leonard Peikoff. Indexed. --- In tan paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with titling in silver to spine. Dust jacket with a color photographic portrait of Rand taken by Phyllis Cerf, apparently at the Random House offices in New York. --- An excellent copy: unmarked, bright and tightly-bound but with corners of several leaves creased to mark places in the book. Unclipped dust jacket with mild rubbing to back panel, otherwise bright and undamaged; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xxi, 681 pages .

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Letters of Ayn Rand is a book derived from the letters of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, and published in 1995, 13 years after her death. It was edited by Michael Berliner with the approval of Rand's estate.

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Bookseller: Bluebird Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 85711
Title: Letters of Ayn Rand
Author: RAND, Ayn
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0525939466
ISBN 13: 9780525939467
Publisher: Dutton
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1995
Keywords: 0525939466
Bookseller catalogs: >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir;

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