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"Atlas Shrugged" is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world - and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, "Atlas Shrugged" stretches the boundaries further than any book you have ever read. It is a mystery, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder - and rebirth - of man's spirit.

ATLAS SHRUGGED, ©1967. World Famous Author Ayn Rand. Hardcover, Blue Cloth: Fine Book Condition: Fine. Ninth Edition. Limited 10th Anniversary Edition Book # 1567 of only 2000 copies published. {No Slipcase, clear dust jacket only.} Book is currently (well) below appraised price. Don't let this rare find slip through your fingers. Please feel free to make us an offer. This copy is authentically SIGNED by Ayn Rand on the front free end-paper. A fantastic and beautiful copy bound in the publisher's original blue cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The lettering on the spine is vibrant with NO rubbing or fading. The book has NO markings other than originally printed, clean pages no fading. Overall, a spectacularly rare ORIGINAL OWNER copy with the publisher's original clear acetate dust jacket. Rand's fourth and last novel, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing. Atlas Shrugged includes elements of science fiction, mystery, and romance and it contains Rand's most extensive statement of Objectivism in any of her works of fiction. "Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life." _ Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

A towering philosophical novel that is the summation of her Objectivist philosophy, Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is the saga of the enigmatic John Galt, and his ambitious plan to 'stop the motor of the world', published in Penguin Modern Classics.Opening with the enigmatic question 'Who is John Galt?', Atlas Shrugged envisions a world where the 'men of talent' - the great innovators, producers and creators - have mysteriously disappeared. With the US economy now faltering, businesswoman Dagny Taggart is struggling to get the transcontinental railroad up and running. For her John Galt is the enemy, but as she will learn, nothing in this situation is quite as it seems. Hugely influential and grand in scope, this story of a man who stopped the motor of the world expounds Rand's controversial philosophy of Objectivism, which champions competition, creativity and human greatness. Ayn Rand (1905-82), born Alisa Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia, emigrated to America with her family in January 1926, never to return to her native land. Her novel The Fountainhead was published in 1943 and eventually became a bestseller. Still occasionally working as a screenwriter, Rand moved to New York City in 1951 and published Atlas Shrugged in 1957. Her novels espoused what came to be called Objectivism, a philosophy that champions capitalism and the pre-eminence of the individual. If you enjoyed Atlas Shrugged, you might like Rand's The Fountainhead, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.'A writer of great power ... she writes brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly'The New York Times'Atlas Shrugged ... is a celebration of life and happiness'Alan Greenspan