Victor SERGE

La Révolution défigurée [The Stalin School of Falsification], Editions Rieder, Paris 1929, 13,5x20,5cm, original wrappers.

First edition, one of 15 lettered copies on pure wire, the only large papers. Our copy is lettered "N". The text, written in Russian by Trotsky during his exile, was first published in French in the translation by Victor Serge. It was not until 1931 that it appeared in Russian and it did not receive an English translation until 1937 under the title "Stalin School of Falsification".

Very rare autograph tribute dated and signed by Leon Trotsky: “6/IX 1929 My best regards L. Trotsky. »

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First edition of the French translation by Victor Serge, one of 26 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only large-paper issue.
Half red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, grey paper endpapers and boards, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, signed binding by Goy & Vilaine.
Born in Belgium to anti-tsarist émigré parents, Victor Serge became politically engaged from the age of fifteen, militating within the ranks of the Young Socialist Guard. An antimilitarist and libertarian, he took part in numerous anarchist demonstrations and was sentenced for having sheltered members of the Bonnot Gang. In 1919, he placed himself at the service of the revolution and...

First edition, one of the review copies service.
foxing on the boards, back warped, some internal foxinges.
Rare autograph dedication signed by Victor Serge to the National Union of Teachers.