Atlas Shrugged.

First edition of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Deems Taylor- with profound admiration- Ayn Rand 6/18/58." The recipient, Deems Taylor was an American composer and music critic and a close personal friend of Ayn Rand. The author Nat Benchley, referred to him as "the dean of American music." He was also a member of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of writers, actors and critics that met almost daily from at Manhattan's Algonquin Hotel. Other friendships included composers George Gershwin and Jerome Kern and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Some rubbing to the bottom cloth, an excellent example in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional association.