RAND, Ayn (1905-1982). "Anthem." In: The Freeman. Vol. III, No. I. pp.[I]-[VIII], 1-98. Los Angeles: Pamphleteers, Inc. 1946. 8vo. Original grey printed wrappers. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, published in a complete issue of The Freeman. First published in England in 1938, Rand carefully edited the work for publication in the United States, although "no idea or incident was added or omitted; the theme, content and structure are untouched. The story remains as it was. I have lifted its face, but not its spine or spirit; these did not need lifting" (Author's Foreword, p.V). Anthem presents a dystopian world in which individuality has been outlawed. The narrator, known only as Equality 7-2521, begins his story: "It is a sin to write this."