[PW] Re: Identifying a Bobbs-Merrill Ayn Rand first edition

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The very first edition of the Bobbs-Merrill "Fountainhead' is identified by the following:
  1. Red cloth 
2. "First Edition" on the copyright page 
3. Dust jacket has Bobbs-Merrill's spring list of books on the back  
   
  The print run for the first red was 7,500
   
  The first green cloth edition also says First Edition on the copyright page, but was second issue/state. (the one I have, drats) 
 
  See: Perinn, Ayn Rand: First Descriptive Bibliography

Michael Hart <hart at pglaf.org> wrote:
  

My recollection is that the firest editon was really only a half sized
printing of 5,000, so it is very rare indeed.

I also seem to recall that it was printed on non-standard sized pages,
but I can't recollect the exact size, sorry.

I have one that I
_think_ is a first edition, a little smaller than the other editions,
but, again, I am not sure, though i could give you the details.


Thanks!!!

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On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Roger Carswell wrote:

> How would one identify a first edition of Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead",
> published by Bobbs-Merrill in 1943?
>
> Please do not send general information or links about identifying first
> editions. I am already somewhat familiar with that, and have discovered
> that there is not necessarily an easy way to identify a Bobbs-Merrill first
> edition for the vast majority of their books which do not specifically
> state it. I also have had no luck so far in finding this information on
> Ayn Rand web sites.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
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