We the Living

by Rand, Ayn

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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by Rand, Ayn

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1936
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. [iv], 570 pp. Original tan cloth with blue lettering. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Spine cloth foxed, edges slightly foxed as well; corners lightly bumped. A very straight, study copy. The author's first book, of which only 3,000 were printed.
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1959
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New York: Random House, 1959. First Random House edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth decorated in black with gilt lettering and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Creasing to board edges with some rubbing to cloth; minor edgewear and scuffing to dust jacket. Near-fine.. Bright first Random House edition of Ayn Rand's (1905-1982) debut novel about life in post-revolutionary Russia. First… Read more about this item
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1959
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New York: Random House, 1959. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book has prev. owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper, bumping to spine ends, light soiling/shelfwear, dj has price clipped, creasing, chips/tears (mainly on spine ends/flap folds), shelfwear. Author's first novel was originally published in 1936.
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1936
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth stamped in turquoise; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good+ with slight lean to binding, light toning to spine and light foxing to cloth, former owner inscription to front free endpaper, pages lightly toned. A rather presentable copy of… Read more about this item
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Boldly SIGNED, warmly inscribed, and dated in 1951 by Ayn Rand! Rare, ORIGINAL (unrevised) text of We The Living! London: Cassell & Co., Ltd., 1947.PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed and dated on the front blank endleaf by Rand: "To Eugene D. Williams - - with sincere admiration - Ayn Rand July 21, 1951". Bound in the publisher's original blue/gray cloth,… Read more about this item
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First Edition Thus
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1959
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New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($4.95), generally rubbed and toned, a close tear across the front panel. Blue cloth with black ink panels and gilt lettering. Square, bound with a dark blue top stain and some reading wear, clean internally. Rand's debut novel, one that… Read more about this item
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1940
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"To Linda -- with love and admiration -- Ayn -- November 3, 1942" Incomparably rare Association Copy, early printing of We the Living with original text, presented to a lifelong friend of Ayn Rand, whom Rand had earlier called "the nicest woman I've ever met." Linda Lynneberg is mentioned several times in Ayn Rand's letters to Isabel Paterson and others.… Read more about this item
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WE THE LIVING: [The 1942 Italian Film Adaptation on VHS Double-Cassette in Clamshell Case with Promotional Materials.]
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WE THE LIVING: [The 1942 Italian Film Adaptation on VHS Double-Cassette in Clamshell Case with Promotional Materials.]

by Rand, Ayn

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1988
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[No place]: Angelika Films, 1988. First edition thus. Italian film with English subtitles. Originally released in 1942 as two films, "Noi Vivi" and "Addio Kira," directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Alida Valli, Rossano Brazzi, and Fosco Giachetti. After their release in Italy during World War II, the films were banned by the Fascist government. Lost and forgotten for… Read more about this item
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1959
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"as near to an autobiography as I will ever write" (Forward). Random House edition of Rand's first novel, We the Living, which Rand revised to support her mature philosophy two years after the publication of Atlas Shrugged. A tough-find signed in any edition, signed first editions command double this price and higher. Book #Cv2303. $8800. From the world's largest selection… Read more about this item
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WE THE LIVING

by Rand, Ayn

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1936
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WE THE LIVING, Cassell, 1936, first English edition, some light foxing, else a tight vg copy of this, the authors most desirable first novel.
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First Edition
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1936
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NY: MacMillan. Good with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth. First printing "published April, 1936." Cloth mildly soiled, lightly shaken. Text block is partially separated from spine. Blurbs (from DJ? ) affixed to rear endpage. Some scattered stains to pages, and a few creased corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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1936
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MACMILLAN, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST PRINTING FIRST EDITION IN FINE FACSIMILE DUST JACKET. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "Setup and printed. Published April, 1936." in custom made tray case..
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Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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1936
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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1936. First edition of Rand's debut novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
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1936
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MacMillan, 1936. 1st. near fine. INSCRIBED first edition, published April 1936, stated on copyright page. Inscribed to Rand's friend Rabwin who was the executive assistant to David Selznick on Gone With The Wind. Book near fine. Rabwin's name written on front free end paper and rear pastedown.Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
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First Edition
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1959
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New York: Random House, 1959. Stated second printing. Fine blue, full-cloth boards, gilt stamped spine titles and A. R. cover initials on black fields, lt. shelf wear, rub; some spine discoloration. Pages fine. Bind fine; hinges intact. Dj moderate edge wear, rub, some spine sunning; unclipped 4.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Code… Read more about this item
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We the Living [Noi Vivi / Addio Kira] (Two Spanish promotional flyers from the premiere of the 1942 Italian film)
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We the Living [Noi Vivi / Addio Kira] (Two Spanish promotional flyers from the premiere of the 1942 Italian film)

by Ayn Rand (novel); Goffredo Alessandrini (director); Alida Valli (starring)

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1988
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New York: Angelika Films, 1988. Two Spanish promotional flyers for the premiere of the epic 1942 Italian film version of Ayn Rand's controversial 1936 novel. One flyer is full-color and in a handbill style, the other cut to look like a book, and opens to reveal the film's details, along with the logo of the Spanish distributor, Una Distribucion.… Read more about this item
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We The Living

by RAND, Ayn

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First
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1995
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Of We the Living, Ayn Rand wrote to H L Mencken, "I do not know of a better way to make my entrance into the battle. I believe that man will always be an individualist, whether he knows it or not, and I want to make it my duty to make him know it." First Edition copy of the 60th… Read more about this item
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WE THE LIVING

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First
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1936
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New York, 1936. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. MATCHLESS Value! Rand's first novel, one of only 3000 copies, "as near an autobiography as I will ever write" (Rand, 1959). A very good copy with the ORIGINAL, UNrevised text, stripped of Nietzsche's influence. PO's name on front pastedown and toning to back panel. But a highly collectible example of Rand's… Read more about this item
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We the Living

by Rand, Ayn

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1937
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London: Cassell, 1937. Hardcover, 4th UK edition, no dust jacket. Spine is cocked, boards rubbed at edges and lightly bumped at corners. Faint marks to front and rear boards. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and page block. Contents clean and unmarked. AD. Hardcover. Good. Used.
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