New York: Random House, 1957. First Edition, Twenty-Third Printing. Octavo, [8], 1168, [3] pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket (in new mylar). Bound in quarter black cloth with turquoise paper boards, a blind-tooled stamp to front board, and gilt titling to spine. Jacket is multicolor with an illustration on front and spine, a photographic portrait of Ayn Rand on rear, and black, white, and pink lettering; price uncut: “$18.95”. Jacket has a small open tear to bottom corner of spine, short closed tears to corners, shelfwear to edges, and light scuffing and age-toning throughout. Spine is slightly skewed, has bumping to tailcap, dust soiling to center extending to black cloth areas on boards, heavy rubbing to titling and gilt ruling near center, and light rubbing throughout. Boards have light shelfwear to edges and light rubbing throughout. Text block is slightly separating from spine at head and tail corner, and has moderate scuffing to edges with green-tinted scuff marks to upper fore edge near rear board; has creasing to upper fore corner of pages from 1010 onward, over-opening to gutter between pages 1146-1147, and age-toning and light scuffing throughout. Includes two pieces of ephemera laid in to front endpaper: a certificate of authenticity from Palo Alto Book Service, signed by its manager, which reads: “In December 1984, we obtained from the Executor of Ayn Rand’s Estate a number of her books which she personally had owned. One of them was this copy of Atlas Shrugged, 23rd printing which we sold to Bob Patterson in October 1985.” with a gift inscription in blue pen below; and a check dated 1989 addressed to Mr. Patterson from James Boyd Jr., who Second Story Books acquired this copy from. Shelved in room A, octavo overflow. . More