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London: Thornton Butterworth, 1930. [Communist Autobiography] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.512. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Fore edge untrimmed. Pencil ownership to fly-leaf, with some light toning and spotting to preliminaries. Cloth sunned to spine and extremities, otherwise a crisp, clean, near fine copy. Trotsky recalls the key events of his life, from early childhood, though to his crucial role in the rise of the Bolshevik party in Russia, the 1917 Revolution, the aftermath and Civil War, and finally the death of Lenin, his loss of influence, and eventual exile.

An autobiography of Leon Trotsky, detailing his life experiences and political journey.