Leben by Leo Trotsky (2 results)

First Edition. Erste bis fünfzehnte auflage. Octavo (22cm); original tan linen boards, lettered in blue and red; portrait frontispiece; xvi,[1]-569,[3]pp. Very Good, with slight dust-soiling to covers, typical looseness to text block (but hinges tight); text complete, clean, and unmarked - a solid, respectable copy, lacking dustwrapper. First published edition in any language of Trotsky's autobiography, written following his exile from the Soviet Union in 1928; translated from the Russian manuscript by Alexandra Ramm. Text entirely in German.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. "My Life" by Leon Trotsky was written after Trotsky had been banished from the Soviet Union. This is in the original Georg Salter binding of linen with red and blue graphic block on front replicated on the spine. Photographic images inside start with one of Trotsky as a young boy. There are eight total. Translated from the Russian into German by Alexandra Ram, wife of Franz Pfemfert, editor from S. Fischer. In good condition, there is some foxing and discoloration to the boards; however inside is clean with some slight discoloration from age.Good Condition: 8vo: publisher's cream linen with Georg Salter design of red and blue split box with cream letters cut out: design on spine mirrors front with red and blue bands head and tail: foxing to the boards: spotting to the edges: original bookmark intact with some browning at the end: occasional spot inside: photographic illustrations intact: block a little loose: pencil inside front:cracked gutter at front at half-title: spots on edges: occasional spot inside: "Mein Leben Versuch Eines Autobiographie": Leon Trotsky (Leo Trotzki): Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag: 1930: First German Edition. COLH1930AFGA.