[Signed] Atlas Shrugged [Signed Tenth Anniversary Limited Edition in Original Sleeve & Slipcase] Rand, Ayn [Fine] [Hardcover]

Beautifully signed and numbered by Ayn Rand at limitation page. From limitation page: ""This Special Tenth Anniversary Edition Is Limited to Two Thousand Copies, Signed by the Author. 'Ayn Rand' - The Number of This Book Is '179.'"" Slate blue full-cloth boards, sharp gilt cover initials and gilt spine titles on crisp black field with gilt border, fine. Deckled pages near fine, clean; no writing. Neat owner's stamp at limitation page. Blue matte endpapers. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Includes original clear wrapper, moderate chip, closed tear. Preserved in original matching slipcase, moderate edge wear, some fleck or residue to back panel. Slip-case is one of the few also numbered to exterior panel: ""179"". Very possibly numbered by A. R. Case remains solid at seams. Scarce near fine example of the signed tenth anniversary edition with good hand-numbered slipcase. Ayn Rand described her philosophy as ""the concept of man as a heroic being, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his absolute."" The stamp of Jerry Lee Apperson is rather appropos as he owned a plumbing enterprise in Ohio. He fulfilled Ayn Rand's suggestion for humanity to develop ourselves and be fruitful whether big or small. In Rand's greatest achievement - and last work of fiction - she dramatizes her unique philosophy through an intellectual story that integrates ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, and sexuality. Set in a near-future U.S.A. whose economy is collapsing as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators and industrialists, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life. Endowed w/larger-than-life characters and charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is a revolutionary epic. Rare investment. Printed in the U.S.A. 1184 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall