STALIN, Joseph; PAUL, Eden & Cedar (née Gertrude Mary Davenport).
Leninism.
Leninism.
Translated from the Russian by Eden & Cedar Paul.
Stock Code 122022
New York, International Publishers, 1928.
first US edition of the first English translation
The first US edition of this English-language compilation of Stalin's lectures and articles on the ideology of Leninism delivered during the period of his consolidation of power following Lenin's death in 1924. Scarce in the original unclipped dustjacket.The translators Eden & Cedar Paul (née Gertrude Mary Davenport) were active in the Communist Party of Great Britain, producing English-language editions of works by Stefan Zweig, Karl Marx, Rudolf Hilferding, Georgi Plekhanov and others.
First US edition of the first English-language translation; 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); very slight spotting to fore-edge; publisher's burgundy cloth, stamped in blind to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, unclipped orange typographic dustjacket, spine faded, chipped with slight loss to head of spine and corners, very good; 472pp.
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