- 103
Trotsky, Leon.
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Moya zhizn': opyt autobiografii [My life: an attempt at an autobiography]. Berlin: Granit, 1930
- Paper
2 volumes, 8vo (192 x 140mm.), original printed wrappers, photograph of Trotsky from a newspaper cutting pasted opposite title-page to volume I, corners creased and repaired, backstrips creased
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
first edition, rare. Trotsky (1879-1940) broke with Lenin in 1903 and became leader of the Menshevik wing of the Social Democratic party, while Lenin led the Bolshevik wing. Following various periods of exile, he returned to Russia in 1917 and joined the Bolsheviks in St Petersburg. From 1918 until 1925 he served as Russian Civil War Commissar and created the Red Army. After Lenin's death in 1924, there was a power struggle between Trotsky and Stalin, and when Stalin took power the former's theory of "permanent revolution" became unpopular. Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party, deported from Russia in 1929 and assassinated by one of Stalin's agents in Mexico in 1940. His works were not allowed to be published in the Soviet Union until 1989.