London: Thornton Butterworth, Limited. Fair. 1930. First English Edition. Hardcover. [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. Smele 273.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; Leon Trotsky - biography, Leon Trotsky - autobiography, Russian Revolution, Soviet Union - history, Communism, Trotskyism, Lev Bronstein, Marxists, Marxism, Marxist Revolutionaries, October Revolution .

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Bookseller's Inventory #: 463h5704
Title: My Life - The Rise and Fall of a Dictator
Author: Trotsky, Leon
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Edition: First English Edition
Publisher: Thornton Butterworth, Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1930
Keywords: Leon Trotsky - Biography, Leon Trotsky - Autobiography, Russian Revolution, Soviet Union - History, Communism, Trotskyism, Lev Bronstein, Marxists, Marxism
Bookseller catalogs: Biography; Politics;

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