International Communism and World Revolution: History & Methods

Hollis & Carter, London, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. foreword by Leonard Shapiro, preface to the English edition, preface to the German edition, six appendices, bibliography and index. Black coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper (wraparound) with purple, black and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black-and-white photograph of the author to the rear fold over panel. In this study, the author looks at the formation of First International – with the formation of the International Working Men's Association in London in 1864, and, how Soviet Russia's foreign policy has been founded on the revolutionary movement of workers aimed at Western democracies from this beginning. "How this came about is described and analysed in this fully documented study by Dr. Gunther Nollau, the first present a complete picture of the movement as a whole from its beginnings under Marx and Engels to Khrushchev and Mao Tse Tung." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Translation by Victor Andersen. "Translation of the improved and expanded text of Die Internationale; Wurzeln und Erscheinungsformen des proletarischen Internationalismus." – from the verso of the title page. Softening of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners, lower book edges and book panels. Browning and foxing to the text block edges with age toning to the pages and scattered foxing throughout. Previous owner's name to the free front endpaper and original bookseller's sticker to the lower left hand corner of the same page. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and back strip and creasing to the dustwrapper edges with a few small chips. Sunning of the back strip with browning to the verso of the dustwrapper along with scattered foxing. A previous owner has supported the top back strip edge with tape – to the verso – tape still in situ. First English Translation. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - XV, [2], 2 - 357, [3] pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Communism; History. Inventory No: 0122142. .