Reed (John) Ten Days that Shook the World.
£195
With an introduction by V.I. Lenin
New York, International Publishers, [?1926].
8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced $1.50.
An early reprint by the publishing house of the USA Communist Party of Reed’s famous firsthand account of the 1917 Russian October Revolution, originally published in 1919. The introduction by Lenin was first added to an edition published in 1922. The NYPL records an edition published by International Publishers and ascribes the date to 1926, but we could not locate a date preceding 1939 for the Eugene Varga title promoted on the rear inside flap, so it may be later.
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A little light foxing to head of early leaves; cloth very good; jacket a little soiled and rubbed with minor loss to head of spine, spine darkened.
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