Leon Trotsky. My Life. 1930 ENGLISH FIRST EDITION.

The very scarce first English edition, issued in low numbers by Thornton Butterworth ( then Churchill's publishers ), in the same year as the first Russian language paperback published in Germany. Very good condition overall. Thick red cloth boards, a little faded, with heavy indented gilt titles on spine and front. Content clean: text, endpapers, frontispiece photograph of Leon Trotsky, and title pages are all clean and free of foxing, apart from a small stain on the edge of the first two leaves of chapter one, not on the text. The spine is a bit sunned but the gilt title thereon is still bright. A few very light stains on the top and bottom edge. There is light fraying to the side of the top of the spine. There is a small light stain to the rear board. Corners are slightly bumped. 512 pages including the detailed index. 804 grams. Can be sent via DHL Express in 1 or 2 weeks to most places in the world. Seller Inventory # 80079