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THE FOUNTAINHEAD

	Date: 1968 Title: The Fountainhead (Hard Cover DJ) (Published by Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Indianapolis, New York) Author: Rand, Ayn Description: Originally published in 1943. This version published on the 25th anniversary. The Fountainhead (based on Wright) is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper columnist, Ellsworth Toohey. But the book addresses a number of universal themes: the strength of the individual, the tug between good and evil, the threat of fascism. (First Edition) Size: 5.8 x 8.5 Pages: Pp 741 S#: 1757.06.0607

	Date: 1978 Title: The Fountainhead (Hard Cover DJ) (Published by Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Indianapolis, New York) Author: Rand, Ayn Description: Originally published in 1943. This version published on the 25th anniversary. The Fountainhead (based on Wright) is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper columnist, Ellsworth Toohey. But the book addresses a number of universal themes: the strength of the individual, the tug between good and evil, the threat of fascism. Original list price $15.00. (Thirty-ninth Edition) Size: 6.25 x 9.25 Pages: Pp 727 ST#: 1978.30.0707

	Date: 1986 Title: The Fountainhead (Hard Cover DJ) (A Bobbs-Merrill Book, Published by Macmillan Publishing Company, New York) Author: Rand, Ayn Description: Originally published in 1943. The Fountainhead (based on Wright) is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper columnist, Ellsworth Toohey. But the book addresses a number of universal themes: the strength of the individual, the tug between good and evil, the threat of fascism. (Edition not stated.) Size: 6.25 x 9.25 Pages: Pp 727 ST#: 1986.24.0707

	Date: 1994 Title: The Fountainhead (Soft Cover) (Published by Plume, an imprint of Dutton Signet, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., New York) Author: Rand, Ayn Description: The Fountainhead (based on Wright) has become an enduring piece of literature, more popular now than when published in 1943. On the surface, it is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper columnist, Ellsworth Toohey. But the book addresses a number of universal themes: the strength of the individual, the tug between good and evil, the threat of fascism. Original cover price $17.95. (Sixth Edition) Size: 6 x 9 Pages: Pp 736 ST#: 1994.54.0507



THE ARCHITECT

	Date: 1981 Title: The Architect (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by Simon & Schuster, New York) Author: Levin, Meyer Description: A novel that draws from the life of Frank Lloyd Wright. Original HC List Price $15.50. (First Edition) Size: 5.75 x 8.75 Pages: Pp 431 ST#: 1981.04.1202



OTHERS

	Date: 1994 Title: The Trouble with Thin Ice (Hard Cover DJ) (Produced by HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. New York) Author: Crespi, Camilla T. Description: First published in 1993. Novel, Fiction: Tensions rise at the Christmas Eve dinner, when local widow Elizabeth Dobson announces that she's selling RockPerch, her Frank Lloyd Wright house. Original list price $18.00. (Third Edition) Size: 5.6 x 8.5 Pages: Pp 275 ST#: 1994.56.0907

	Date: 1997 Title: Murder in Perspective. An Architectural Mystery. (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by Walker and Company, New York. Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Canada, Limited, Markham, Ontario) Author: Miles, Keith Description: Frank Lloyd Wright is Merlin Richards's hero, and the handwritten note in the famous architect's own hand - "If you make it to America, come and see me" - is all it takes to persuade the young, Welsh architect to strike out on his own. It is an invitation, Richards decides, and a chance to learn from the master. Nowhere in Wright's note does it say anything about murder. Chasing his dream, Richards finally arrives at the building site of the Arizona Biltmore, where Wright is expected at any moment, and meets a beautiful young designer named Rosa Lustig. Like every other man in her circle, Merlin is charmed...and a handful of hours later, he is the prime suspect in Rosa's murder. Jealous suitors, envious workers, and the police are all convinced that Merlin is a killer. (Publisher's description.) (First Edition) Republished in 2023 as Murder At The Arizona Biltmore, Allison & Busby Limited, 2023, under the name Edward Marlson. Size: 5.75 x 8.5 Pages: Pp 250 ST#: 1997.55.1211

	Date: 2000 Title: June. A Novel (Hard Cover DJ) (Published by Lintel, Middleton, NY) Author: Smith, Mary Sanders Description: "Set in the year 1940, "June"is a nostalgic portrait of a Midwestern farm wife who struggles - in a hostile environment - to achieve two goals: to produce an heir & to build her dream house. June Ventler's plaintive song reflects the meadow lark she loves to hear sing its heart out while staking out its territory, longing to be heard & recognized as a unique creative soul. Meanwhile, Roosevelt's New Deal policies, revolutionizing family & threatening to end the old conservative ways, complicate matters further. Titillated by an itinerant hired man & inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's genius, June Ventler breaks with tradition & finds a new identity in a changing world." (Publisher's description.) Original hard cover list price $26.00. Author: Marston, Edward Size: 5.75 x 8.75 Pages: Pp 317 ST#: 2000.89.1118

	Date: 2023 Title: Murder At The Arizona Biltmore (Soft Cover) (Published by Allison & Busby Limited, London) Author: Marston, Edward Description: First published as Murder in Perspective in 1997 under the name Keith Miles. Back Cover: "Chasing his dream of a glittering architectural career, Merlin Richards has left the Welsh valleys for the Arizona desert, propelled by a handwritten note from the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright. Richards arrives at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, where he meets a beautiful young designer named Rosa Lustig. Like every man in her circle, Merlin is captivated by Rosa but soon finds himself the prime suspect in her murder. Jealous suitors, envious workers, and the cynical police are all convinced that Richards is the killer. As he begins to put the pieces of the puzzle together, what he builds is not the impressive edifice he came to learn about, but a defense that will imprison a murderer." Original list price $12.95. (First Edition) Size: 5 x 7.75 Pages: Pp 350 ST#: 2023.08.1123

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