Edition: First printing
Binding: Letter fold sheet
Publisher: The Ayn Rand Letter,, New York, New York:
Date Published: 1972.
Description: Near Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2 x 11", 6 pages, tan paper. A very good, clean, neat letter fold sheet with a singlecenter sheet as issued with three ring binder holes. Slight shelf wear and soiling with a small coffee stain at the top of the back side.. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Ayn Letter, Inc., New York, NY
Date Published: 1973
Description: 1st editions G+/0. The letter is in very good condition with the usual folds for mailing. Ayn Rand's twice monthly letters with her ideas expressed. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Ayn Letter, Inc., New York, NY
Date Published: 1974
Description: 1st editions G/0. The letter is in very good condition with the usual folds for mailing. Condition has been downgraded due to the previous owner having unlined or circled in ink certain passages. Ayn Rand's twice monthly letters with her ideas expressed. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Ayn Letter, Inc. -NY 1973, New York, NY
Date Published: 1973
Description: 1st editions G/0. The letter is in very good condition with the usual folds for mailing. Condition has been downgraded due to the previous owner having unlined or circled in ink certain passages. Ayn Rand's twice monthly letters with her ideas expressed. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Ayn Letter, Inc., New York, NY
Date Published: 1974
Description: 1st editions G/0. The letter is in very good condition with the usual folds for mailing. Condition has been downgraded due to the previous owner having unlined or circled in ink certain passages. Ayn Rand's twice monthly letters with her ideas expressed. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Ayn Letter, Inc., New York, NY
Date Published: 1973
Description: 1st editions VG/0. The letter is in very good condition with the usual folds for mailing. Ayn Rand's twice monthly letters with her ideas expressed. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Ayn Letter, Inc., New York, NY
Date Published: 1973
Description: 1st editions G/0. The letter is in very good condition with the usual folds for mailing. Condition has been downgraded due to the previous owner having unlined or circled in ink certain passages. Ayn Rand's twice monthly letters with her ideas expressed. read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Letter fold sheet
Publisher: The Ayn Rand Letter,, New York, New York:
Date Published: 1972.
Description: Near Fine. Plus separate "Table of Contents" sheet for entire Volume II, October 9th, 1972 through September 24, 1973. 3 issues, Octavo, 8 1/2 x 11", 4 + 4 + 4 (16 total) pages, tan paper. Near fine, clean, neat letter fold sheets as individually issued with three ring binder holes. Slight shelf wear. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Ayn Letter, Inc., New York, NY
Date Published: 1971
Description: 1st editions G/0. The letter is in very good condition with the usual folds for mailing. Condition has been downgraded due to the previous owner having unlined or circled in ink certain passages. Issue 1 of Ayn Rand's twice monthly letters with her ideas expressed. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Ayn Letter, Inc. -NY 1974, New York, NY
Date Published: 1974
Description: 1st editions VG/0. The letters are in very good condition with the usual folds for mailing. Ayn Rand's twice monthly letters with her ideas expressed. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Ayn Letter, Inc., New York, NY
Date Published: 1974
Description: 1st editions VG/0. The letters are in very good condition with the usual folds for mailing. Ayn Rand's twice monthly letters with her ideas expressed. read more
Edition: First Editions
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Ayn Rand Letter, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: Unbound. Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. In publisher's binder with 'The Ayn Rand Letter' title on the front board. A bit soiled. Bi-weekly letters are intact. Also included are the letters in Volume 2 nos. 1-11. 37 pieces total. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Ayn Letter, Inc., New York, NY
Date Published: 1975
Description: 1st editions G/0. The letters are in very good condition with the usual folds for mailing. Vol. IV, No. 2 has a wrinkle on lower left corner; Both have passages circled in ink. Ayn Rand's twice monthly letters with her ideas expressed. The final 3 issues of Rand's Letter. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: [Rockville, MD]. Quill and Brush [1990].
Date Published: 1990
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First edition (so stated). Thin 8vo. Compiler's 2 page introduction. Index. Several full-page b/w illustrations. Dust jacket (unclipped). Fine. No signatures or bookplates. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Ayn Letter, Inc. -NY 1971-1972, New York, NY
Date Published: 1971
Description: 1st editions G and VG; Vol. I, No.1 thru Vol. I, No. 26. Vol. I, No 6 & No 20 appears to be a copy of the original. Cover period October, 1971-September, 1972. The letters are all in very good condition with the usual folds for mailing. Condition has been down graded on some of the letters due to the previous owner having unlined or circled in ink certain passages. Ayn Rand's twice monthly letters with her ideas expressed. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Ayn Letter, Inc., New York, NY
Date Published: 1973
Description: 1st editions G and VG; Vol. III, No.1 thru Vol. III No. 26. Vol. III, No. 2; No. 11; and No. 13; appears to be a copy of the original. Covers the period October, 1973-September, 1974. The letters are all in very good condition with the usual folds for mailing. Condition has been downgraded on some of the letters due to the previous owner having unlined or circled in ink certain passages. Ayn Rand's twice monthly letters with her ideas expressed. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Ayn Letter, Inc., New York, NY
Date Published: 1972
Description: 1st editions G and VG; Vol. II, No.1 thru Vol. II No. 26. Vol. II, No. 8; No. 9; No. 17; and No. 26 appears to be a copy of the original. Covers the period October, 1972-September, 1973. The letters are all in very good condition with the usual folds for mailing. Condition has been downgraded on some of the letters due to the previous owner having unlined or circled in ink certain passages. Ayn Rand's twice monthly letters with her ideas expressed. read more
Publisher: Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: Newsletter. 8-1/2" x 11" First Edition. 6pp. This issue entitled: "The Moratorium on Brains-Part II". Very good, mailing folds. (loc x95) read more
Publisher: Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: Newsletter. 8-1/2" x 11" First Edition. 4pp. This issue entitled: "Don't Let It Go-Part II". Very good, top corner of page 1 torn, repaired with sheer acid free tape, mailing folds. (loc x95) read more
"I have to do this. I keep reading how these books are so popular now because our president is a socialist.
I read both of these in high school, separately. I enjoyed them as novels. They work great at showing how Ms. Rand's ideas will result in an improved society. They can do this because she has written about society as she wants it to work. That's what fiction does. One needs to note the differences between a fictional setting and the reality it purports to describe (if any) before extrapolating the lessons and solutions from a book to the real world. Ms. Rand's world contains no children, except a brief description of the privileged early lives of some of her protagonists. Ms. Rand's world contains no disabled people. There are other differences, of course, but these are the two I need to be on public record as having pointed out. (My simple sentence: Ms. Rand's world is irreproducable because her characters do not reproduce.)
In the case of Reardon, and here I extend my review to include _We_the_Living_, which I have also read, a character is presented as unhappy and poorly treated due to their choice (soon to change) of suppressing their needs in favor of living by society's rules or subjecting themselves to the tyranny of those who spitefully run down the great. Maybe the situation is more a result of the character's choice of association? You see, I believe in my responsibility to my fellow man, and I would have worn the Reardon-steel bracelet with pride. Fiction can be either/or. Real life never is."
"These books challenged many of my beliefs. They are a good read, even if you don't agree with all of her ideas. However, I don't understand why so many high schools have their students read them--the philosophies expressed are too big for people with so little life experience. If you read them then, pick up the books and try again. You'll understand this time."
"Total shocker I loved this book as well, right? Another great novel by in the infamous Ayn Rand. If you can enjoy the honesty of ego and are interested in her perception of what a man truly is, this is a book for you."
"Finally. What, 2000 pages? 2 full years? These books deserve 4 stars because they shift your thinking. I look at factories now and I don't say "Ugly" but "That is the physical manifestation of man's brainpower."
They also shed light on the vicious "Robin Hood" myth: it is immoral to be wealthy, and perfectly moral to be poor and envious of the rich.
Further, it defines well what it is 'to be.' Ayn Rand defines "to be" (as a MAN) is to use your brain, to achieve, to aspire, to accomplish greatness. "Man as man."
The story is entertaining. It's a bit romantic in that there are clear heroes and villains and large dramatized themes.
My biggest disappointment is that she assumes she is right. There is no room for argument. In this way it feels didactic."
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