Between the Covers

Hardcover. Stated "30th printing October, 1964." Quarter cloth and printed paper covered boards. A few faint and tiny spots on the topedge, else fine in a nice, near fine dustwrapper with just a bit of fading at the spine and some tiny nicks and tears. Inscribed by Rand: "To Carol De Bala - Cordially - Ayn Rand 2/1/65." Additional Signed beneath Rand's inscription by Nathaniel Branden and his wife Barbara Branden, who has dated the book two weeks after Rand's inscription. Two years earlier Nathanial and Barbara Branden had written their fawning study of Rand's novels *Who is Ayn Rand?* This copy of *The Fountainhead* was Signed just months before Nathaniel Branden would tell his wife Barbara of his affair with model Patricia Scott. While Barbara had known of her husband's affair with Rand, this latest revelation caused their separation in June 1965, and eventual divorce.

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