Books

First Edition. First edition, first printing with "Set up and printed. Published April, 1936." on the copyright page. Lacking dust jacket. Tan cloth with lettering in blue shows minor discoloration. Bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown, name and inscription of former owner on the front free endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Rand's first published novel, only 3,000 copies of the first edition were printed.

We the Living is the first novel published by the American author Ayn Rand. Originally completed in 1930, it was first published in 1936 by Macmillan Publishers. The novel is a depiction of life in post-revolutionary Russia and Rand’s criticism of the Soviet system. It follows the story of Kira Argounova, a young woman who struggles for her individuality in a collectivized society.