Trotsky Léon

1934 · réf. 031343 — New York: Simon & Schuster 1934. Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. Early edition. three volumes.illustrations. 522pp 371pp 424pp. Beige cloth red lettering. Volume I The Overthrow of Tzarism has dampstaining on the covers and some pages text still legible. The dust jacket has large pieces missing on the front panel and the spine. Volume II The Attempted Counter-Revolution has lesser dampstaining and the jacket has minor chips to the extremities. Volume III The Triumph of the Soviets has minor spots on the lower edge minor marginal dampstaining. The jacket has a 3" horizontal chip across the front panel. in mylar sleeves. "Regarded by many as among the most powerful works of history ever written this book offers an unparalleled account of one of the most pivotal and hotly debated events in world history. This book reveals from the perspective of one of its central actors the Russian Revolutions profoundly democratic emancipatory character." "In Trotsky all passions were aroused but his thought remained calm and his vision clear. His involvement in the struggle far from blurring his sight sharpens it. The History is his crowning work both in scale and power and as the fullest expression of his ideas on revolution. As an account of a revolution given by one of its chief actors it stands unique in world literature." Size: Thick Octavo. Simon & Schuster Hardcover