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1936ref. 002035Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Ercilla 1936. Softcover. First Chilean edition; 7 x 5 1/4; vol. I pp. 147 vol. II pp. 144 vol. III pp. 129 vol. IV pp. 130 vol. V pp. 144; beige wraps printed in blue green red purple and orange; chipping with some loss of paper to spine cover; small chip to lower corner of volume I; paper label to lower margin of spine; first volume illustrated with a portrait of the author; volume III lacking rear wrap else complete; good to very good condition. An early translation of Trotsky's autobiography it was written in the first year of his exile in Turkey in 1930. The five volumes covered his growing up and youth his life through the revolutions of 1905 and 1917 the period of the Russian Civil War his opposition to the the Stalinist Regime and his eventual expulsion from the Communist Party. This Chilean edition of his work coincided with Trotsky's arrival in Mexico which would be his second exile where he would initially live with artist Diego Rivera and his wife and fellow painter Frida Kahlo at their Blue House and would later be assassinated in 1940 by the alleged agent of Joseph Stalin Ramon Mercader. Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Ercilla paperback books
1977ref. 220881New York: Monad 1977. 325p. very good hardcover in dj. Facsimile reprint of the 1930 edition of Trotsky's autobiography; text in Russian. English title "My life" on the spine. Second volume not present. Monad unknown books
1930ref. 469117Berlin: Granit 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Text in Russian. Two volumes. 12mos. Bound in red cloth over boards without the wrappers gilt spines. The text pages are modestly toned vol. 1 has a few light marginal check marks in pencil vol. 2 has one small quarter-inch line of worming at the back upper right corner and is slightly cocked very good overall. The rare first edition of Trotsky’s now classic autobiography My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography. Written and published in the first year of Trotsky’s exile it covers both revolutions of 1905 and 1917 the Russian Civil War and the beginning of his epic conflict with Stalin. A plain attractive set appropriately bound in red cloth boards. Granit] hardcover books
1969ref. 214500Colombo Ceylon: Young Socialist Publications 1969. Pamphlet. 56p. wraps with minor edge wear small price sticker on front wrap else very good condition 5.5x8.5 inches. Translated from the Russian by Malcolm Campbell. Young Socialist Publications unknown books
1930ref. 035896NY: Scribner's. 1930. The first American edition with Scribner's "A" on the copyright page. With the 1930 ownership signature of Joseph Barnes. We can offer no direct provenance but a Joseph Barnes author of Willkie: The Events He Was Part Of The Ideas He Fought For was a translator of Russian authors for a number of years and a recipient of the PEN translation award. According to his obituary in the New York Times in 1928 he made an extensive tour of the Soviet Union on which he reported for The New York World. On the staff of the Institute of Pacific Relations from 1931 to 1934 he visited Russia Manchuria Japan and China; he edited “Empire in the East” by 12 members of the American Council of the Institute published in 1934. Barnes joined The Herald Tribune in 1935. He went abroad as Moscow correspondent in 1937 wrote a series on Siberia in 1938 and then went to Berlin as correspondent. He returned to the U.S. at the end of 1939 and in 1940-41 was foreign news editor. From 1941 to 1944 he served as deputy director of the overseas branch of the office of War Information. In 1951 he cited his clearance for that position to counter accusations from McCarthy's House Un-American Activities Committee. He eventually joined Simon & Schuster as an executive editor. Again we can not prove that this Barnes is that Barnes. A New Republic review of the book from 1930 is laid in much acidified and split into pieces at the folds. The book itself shows mild foxing to the prelims fading to the board edges and spine and handling to the covers including a partial cup ring. The binding is sound. A very good copy lacking the dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Scribner's hardcover books
1930[6]-512 pp. Index. Black and white photo frontispiece photo of Trotsky [1879-1940]. A sound working copy of this tumultuous and impactful life story published in the year following Trotsky's exile from the Soviet Union and ten years before his murder in Mexico. No dust jacket. Faint prior owner's name upon front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Moderate scattered foxing. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's red cloth which is sunned on spine and lettered in gilt. Binding intact with moderate lean. Chip from top corner of pages 7-16. Book
1970ref. 337623New York: Pathfinder Press 1970. Pamphlet. 47p. stapled wraps 4.25x7.25 inches staples rusted else very good condition. A Merit Pamphlet. Pathfinder Press unknown books
1972ref. 234594New York: Pathfinder Press 1972. Pamphlet. 79p. wraps very good condition 5.5x8.5 inches. Pathfinder Press unknown books
1969ref. 118843New York: Merit Publishers 1969. Pamphlet. 80p. stapled wraps 5.5x8.5 inches wraps rubbed else very good condition. Merit Publishers unknown books
1969ref. 117347New York: Merit Publishers 1969. 80p. stapled wraps 5.5x8.5 inches wraps worn else very good condition. Merit Publishers unknown books
1995ref. 136101Moscow: Izd-vo gumanitarnoi lit-ry 1995. Hardcover. 261p. green oilcloth boards very good; text in Russian. Izd-vo gumanitarnoi lit-ry hardcover books
1972ref. 88773London: New Park Publications 1972. Paperback. 171p. wraps very good condition. New Park Publications paperback books
1977ref. 172635New York: Pathfinder Press 1977. Paperback. 237p. wraps cover wrap is smudged and worn initials to top corner of first page else in good condition. Pathfinder Press paperback books
1970ref. 135515New York: Pathfinder Press 1970. Pamphlet. 23p. stapled wraps very good condition. A Merit Pamphlet. Pathfinder Press unknown books
1962ref. 90666Colombo Ceylon: Young Socialist Publication 1962. Pamphlet. 59p. stapled wraps paper browned else very good condition 5.5x8.5 inches. Young Socialist Publication unknown books
1950ref. 143209New York: Pioneer Publishers 1950. Paperback. xxiii 144p. wraps edgeworn with handling soil a decent reading copy. Pioneer Publishers paperback books
1972ref. 315385New York: Pathfinder Press 1972. Pamphlet. 29p. wraps third printing yellowed around edges and tiny rip on back cover but otherwise very good condition. Pathfinder Press unknown books
1970ref. 121967New York: Pioneer Publishers 1970. Pamphlet. 29p. wraps toned else good condition third printing. First published 1937. A Merit pamphlet. Pioneer Publishers unknown books
1935ref. 288954Toronto: Nakladom "Robitnychykh Vistei 1935. Pamphlet. 50p. staplebound booklet toned and edgeworn some edge stains. Ukrainian edition; "Stalin's bureaucracy and Kirov's murder. Nakladom "Robitnychykh Vistei unknown books
1969ref. 239896Paris: Francois Maspero 1969. Pamphlet. 42p. wraps very good condition 4.5x8 inches. Text in French. Classique Rouge no. 2. Francois Maspero unknown books
1957ref. 92550New York: Pioneer Publishers 1957. Pamphlet. 22p. stapled wraps 8.5x11 inches wraps edgeworn and lightly soiled else very good condition. Bulletin of Marxist Studies no. 1. Pioneer Publishers unknown books
1953ref. 134363London: New Park Publications 1953. Paperback. 384p. wraps spine creased pages evenly toned else very good condition. Volume II only. New Park Publications paperback books
1953ref. 199560New York: Pioneer Publishers 1953. Hardcover. 384p. British presswork New Park issued by its American counterpart Pioneer in red cloth boards gilt corners bumped pages evenly browned else good condition. No dj. Please note Volume II only. Pioneer Publishers hardcover books
1966ref. 200136London: Fourth International 1966. Pamphlet. 16p. stapled wraps 5 x 7.5 inches ink stamp on rear wrap else very good condition. Fourth International unknown books
1962ref. 274225Toronto: Vanguard Publications 1962. Pamphlet. 37p. pictorial mimeographed wraps mimeographed text wraps toned along edges bookstore stamp on front wrap else very good condition 5.5x8.5 inches. Originally written in 1938. Back cover includes ad for Algerian manifesto dated 1962. Vanguard Publications unknown books
