Atlas Shrugged

New York: Random House, 1957. First edition, first printing. 1168 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Recent full green morocco, spine tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, t.e.g. Fine. First edition, first printing. 1168 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Handsome copy of Rand's best-selling, controversial, and influential novel. It was the last work of fiction she published during her lifetime, and it was her magnum opus, comprising her most ambitious story - what happens when the prime movers of the world go on strike - and clearly illustrating the principles of her Objectivist philosophy through an iconic speech by the hero of the novel, John Galt.