RAND, AYN. The Fountainhead. 8vo, original gilt-lettered red cloth, light shelfwear to lower extremities; dust jacket, chips to fold corners and spine panel tips, several cellotape repairs to verso, folds rubbed, later issue with the three blurbs and author photo on rear panel; ownership inscription to front flyleaf; slipcased. first edition, first printing in the scarce red cloth primary binding (later state in green). Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1943)