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Harold Joseph Laski (30 June 1893 – 24 March 1950) was an English political theorist and economist. He was active in politics and served as the chairman of the British Labour Party from 1945 to 1946 and was a professor at the London School of Economics from 1926 to 1950. He first promoted pluralism by emphasising the importance of local voluntary communities such as trade unions. After 1930, he began to emphasize the need for a workers’ revolution, which he hinted might be violent. Laski’s position angered Labour leaders who promised a nonviolent democratic transformation. Laski’s position on democracy threatening violence came under further attack from Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the 1945 general election, and the Labour Party had to disavow Laski, its own chairman.
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First edition of Sir Isaac Newton’s ”The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy” in two volumes. London: Benjamin Motte, 1729. One of the most important works by the leading mind of the 18th century scientific revolution. Bound in contemporary tree calf, sympathetically rebacked, with gilt tooling to spines. Two octavo volumes measure 5.5” x 8.5” each. Volumes contain two folding letterpress tables and 47 folding engraved plates; the two frontispieces and pp. 385-393 and first 7pp. of index are replaced in facsimile, but hardly distinguishable from the original. The ”Laws of Moon’s Motion” usually found in Vol. II are here bound at end of Vol. I, and with errata for both volumes on verso of E4. Small stain to inner part of title in Vol. I, short tear to lower margin of G1, small section missing from lower margin of M3 and with lower corner cut away of A8 and C4 of ”Laws of Moon’s Motion” (no loss of text). Some marginal dampstaining and occasional soiling and spotting, overall in very good, clean condition with most edges untrimmed.
Sold for $22,500.
1928/31 Chinese Civil War 800 Silver Gelatin Photos Etc
Extraordinary collection of over 800 silver gelatin photos, mostly of China during the late 1920s and early 1930s during the Chinese Civil War, with spectacular vistas alongside documentary style photos, including some that show the destruction of the city of Changsha as a result of the war. The photos were taken by B. Kenneth Anthony, a faculty member of the Yale-in-China association who traveled from his home near Boston, Massachusetts to Changsha in 1928, staying until 1931 when he had to flee the country; interestingly, Mao Zedong edited the Yale-in-China newspaper a decade earlier during his formative years in Changsha. In addition to the photos documenting the country during this uneasy time, the archive also includes nearly 100 letters written by Anthony to his family back home, with detailed content regarding the political situation as the Communists and Nationalists jockeyed for control of the region. Sold for $10,062.
Joseph Stalin Autograph on a World War II Document
Joseph Stalin autograph on a World War II-dated document. Written in Cyrilic, ”Diploma of the Laureate of the Stalin Prize” is datelined from Moscow, and was awarded to the men who helped create emergency leather substitutes. Additionally signed by Y Chadaev, Council of the People’s Commissars, Administrator of Affairs. Reads in part: ”…by the decision of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Union at the S.S.R…the Stalin Prize second class is awarded to (Pisarenko, Alekseenko, Gavrikov, Rogov, Plotnikov, Khomutov, Marakhovskiy)…” Nicely bound document with embossed U.S.S.R. seal. Contained within a gilt hardcover folder with metallic profile busts of Stalin and Lenin. Document measures 10.25” x 14.25” and runs 8pp. Light toning to first blank page and minor foxing throughout, otherwise in very good condition. Dark Joseph Stalin autograph. Sold for $9,625.
One of the most important books on the history of America (cited by Borba de Moraes, Howes, Sabin and Wing), the 1671 first edition of ”America: Being the Latest and Most Accurate Description of the New World”. Privately printed in London by the author, Arnoldus Montanus, and edited by John Ogilby. In ”America” Montanus goes into great detail of the new continents, with dozens of engravings of Native Americans, species of animals and reptiles, and the landscapes and settlements in the new world, accompanied by text. The book covers speculation regarding the earliest voyages to America, along with later recorded voyages and the settlements of New Netherlands/New York, New England, Hudson’s Bay, Labrador, Canada, Nova Scotia, Maryland, Virginia, (including Captain Smith’s capture and rescue by Pocahontas), Carolinas, Florida and California, plus accounts of Mexico and nearby islands, even including Australia and New Zealand. 674pp. book contains 75 original engravings (64 copper plates within the text and 9 plates throughout), lacking the maps and 28 engravings, which is typical as this edition is almost never found with all plates intact. All text is complete except for missing pages 445-446. Large format book measures 10” x 15”. Bound in original full leather boards, with some loss of leather to covers, cracking along spine and front board detached. Interior text is near fine and very readable. An important and fascinating addition to early knowledge of the American continent. Sold for $9,375.
Joseph Stalin autograph letter signed as leader of the Soviet Union to his young daughter. Just before the Great Terror and his violent Great Purge policy, he writes to his nine year-old, Svetlana Alliluyeva. Dated 8 September 1935, in red grease pencil, it translates in part to: ”…I got your letter. Thank you for not forgetting about your Daddy. How are your secretaries doing? Please, find some time to write me about them. I’m doing fine, just missing you. I kiss you very much…Stalin”. After her mother’s apparent suicide and two marriages, Svetlana defected to the United States in 1967. Rare Joseph Stalin autograph. Single page letter measures 5.25” x 7.75”. Creasing, else near fine. Sold for $4,153.
Scarce 1941 Military Orders Signed by Joseph Stalin — Restructuring Railway Lines as the Nazis Were Advancing on Moscow
Extremely rare WWII-dated military order signed by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, as Stalin struggled to disrupt the Nazi advance into the country and protect Moscow. Entitled, “Order of the People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR, document is dated 22 September 1941 and orders the restructuring of rail lines along the Trans-Siberian Railway. The order translates from Russian, “The transport fleet of the special corps of the armed railway forces is to be fazed out from the inventory of the special corps by the 30th of September and to be transformed into the Central Railroad Park No. 3 with the relocation of the base to the city of Ulan-Ude. Staff No 13/614 is hereby abolished. / PEOPLE’S COMMISAR OF DEFENSE OF THE USSR / [signed] J. Stalin / [signed] Agree / L. Kaganovich.” Signed in green grease pencil by Stalin. The document’s verso lists only 18 people who were to receive the order. Double-sided 8.5″ x 11.5″ sheet has very light toning and a small chip to lower left side. Near fine condition. Bold Joseph Stalin autograph. Sold for $4,078.
Upton Sinclair Signed First Printing of “The Jungle” — Inscribed to Fellow Christian Socialist George Herron
Upton Sinclair signed first printing of “The Jungle” published by The Jungle Publishing Co.: New York: 1906. All first printing points present: “brass buttons” on page 42; “eight dollars” on page 82; unbroken type on “1” on copyright page; and normal-sized “3” on page 385. This copy does not have the “Sustainers Edition” label apparent on the front pastedown (normally signifying first printing), but two bookplates are there, which may be concealing the label or the reason it was removed. Presentation copy, inscribed by Sinclair on the front free endpaper to Christian Socialist activist, Dr. George D. Herron: “To Geo. D. Herron with sincerest gratitude + affection from the Author [underlined] / Princeton N.J. Feb 17th ’06.” Inscription is dated eleven days before the book’s publication to a prominent Socialist contemporary of Sinclair’s. Bound in publisher’s full green cloth, decoratively black and white stamped front board and spine. Light sunning to spine, short tear to upper margin of half-title page, and page 1 loose but present. Evidence of sticker removal on rear pastedown, blocks of toning to verso of front free endpaper and first blank. Bookplates of Americana and Bret Harte collector Willard S. Morse on both pastedowns (the plate on the rear pastedown seems to be an identification plate from his library, with manuscript notes in an unknown hand), and the bookplate of famed surgeon, Dr. Elmer Belt, also on the front pastedown. A very good copy, and an excellent association copy, with a fine inscription to a fellow socialist. Sold for $2,800.
Typed letter signed “Leon Trotsky” in blue ink. French-language letter is dated 22 September 1938 and addressed to his attorney, Gerard Rosenthal, regarding custody of Trotsky’s grandson Sieva. The boy’s mother Zinaida, Trotsky’s daughter, had her Soviet citizenship revoked and committed suicide in 1933. Sieva then went to live with his mother’s brother Leon, who died under mysterious circumstances in February of 1938. Leon Sr. here takes action to obtain guardianship. Letter translates in full, “It appears the simplest solution concerning Sieva is to appoint myself guardian and give you full power necessary as my lawyer. My dear friend, your mission is not going to be easy nor pleasant. But unfortunately there is no other way. You and [French Communist leader Alfred] Rosmer could consult with Henri and suggest to him to do all it takes to prevent repercussions for everyone, above all to the group ‘The Commune’. In any case, I am determined to see this matter through. I don’t quite understand why Leon’s apartment remains sealed. Is it because of Jeanne’s [Jeanne Molinier, then custodian of Sieva] attitude? At any rate, I insist that nothing be done in this matter as long as the question of the archives and Sieva is not resolved.” Single-page letter measures 7.25″ x 11″. Toning and creasing, else near fine. Sold for $2,269.
Mikhail Gorbachev Easton Press Signed Copy of His Book ”Perestroika” — Fine Condition
Mikhail Gorbachev signed collector’s edition of ”Perestroika”, or ”restructuring”, one of the essential prongs of his policy to reform the U.S.S.R., leading to the end of the Cold War. Easton Press copy is #106 of 250, published in Norwalk: 1987. Beautiful, fine copy is bound in burgundy leather with peach silk moire endpapers and all edges gilt. Measures 6.25” x 9.25”. Presented in custom slipcase, also in fine condition. Sold for $2,138.
Signed limited edition of Ayn Rand’s ”Atlas Shrugged.” Random House: New York: 1957. Rand signs the tenth anniversary edition number 1,888 of 2,000 upon the limitation page, ”Ayn Rand”. Considered a definitive novel of the 20th century, ”Atlas Shrugged” is Rand’s skillful fictional vehicle for her philosophy of individualism. She states in the novel’s appendix, ”My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.” Book measures 6” x 8.75” in original blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and blue top edges. Housed in the original 6.5” x 9” cardboard slipcase. Fine condition. Sold for $2,129.
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Leon Trotsky Letter Signed re Communism & Stalin
Fantastic and scarce letter signed by Leon Trotsky, dated 23 May 1931 from Kadikoy, Turkey, where Trotsky was exiled by Joseph Stalin, struggling not only to stay relevant but also to stay alive. Trotsky writes to his close friend and comrade, Max Shactman on a host of subjects, most notably the factions developing within the Communist party after its takeover by Stalin. Signed “L. Trotsky” and written in German with an English translation, the densely written letter of some 95 typed lines reads in part, “…I am now really, as you can imagine, swamped with work and can hardly imagine how I could write you the requested preface for the China book…Did you deliberately ignore the bigger article from the Russian Bulletin No. 15/16, pages 7-19 ‘Stalin and the Chinese Revolution’…I also do not find in your index my last article ‘The Strangled Revolution’…We are very glad with Comrade [Jan] Frankel that you came at least half way out of your reserve towards [Kurt] Landau. Your explanation, allow me to say, seems not to be too convincing. You write that you wanted to avoid a premature split. Do you actually believe that I wanted to provoke or expedite this split?…I for my part have done everything that seemed possible and appropriate. It appeared to me, by the way, that if the leading comrades of the national sections had put strong pressure on Landau at the right time he could have perhaps – I repeat perhaps – been saved. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case and you carry some of the responsibility. The lion’s share of the fault, after Landau, lies with [Pierre] Naville, who fed Landau false hopes, delivered confusing information to him, etc. Now Landau wanted to hear nothing more about the International Bureau and is busy creating his own International…There is more: since he did everything possible to shake up the agreement in Austria and to break it in Germany, he accuses me of splitting up all national sections, especially in America. So, my dear Shactman, you see that I am being blamed for the fact that you and [Albert] Weissbord are not on good terms…Naville, however, plays with ideas and is never earnest or honest…What can one say about the warning that if one changes one’s ‘course’ seven times in the interest of self preservation of the Clique and is not afraid to use the dirtiest methods?…Landau’s themes of tomorrow are crucial, but the fact that as long as his power is not threatened he approves of everything in China, also in America and all the other countries…” Trotsky then discusses copyright fees, “Since on the one hand I have been cheated…I do need the money very urgently now”, as well as “comments in the local press and if they are interesting I would like to know about them”. He closes with stating “how pleased I am about the prospect of the change of the ‘Militant’ to a weekly paper. The next step must be a theoretical monthly paper…” Soon after this letter was written, Trotsky would move to France where he was given asylum. He was then transferred to Norway where he lived under increasing confinement, until his move to Mexico, where he was murdered by Stalin’s proxies in 1940. Two page letter measures 8.5″ x 13.25″. Folds and some chipping to top; overall in very good condition, with exceptional content regarding the pre-WWII divisions in the Communist party. Sold for $1,995.
Leon Trotsky Typed Letter Signed from 1933
Typed letter signed by Russian revolutionary and philosopher Leon Trotsky, written from his place of exile in Prinkipo on the Turkish island of Buyukada. Written in French on 25 May 1933, letter translates, “I ‘entrust’ to your experienced hands Mr. Van Heijenoort and I am sure he will receive such useful advice as I have received from you. Accept, Mr. Professor, my highest consideration. [signed] Leon Trotsky”. Jean Louis Maxime Van Heijenoort was Trotsky’s secretary and bodyguard until 1939, and became a Trotskyite contributor to revolutionary newspapers. Letter measures 9″ x 7″. Folds and very light wear to edges and corners. Very good. Sold for $990.
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Harold J Laski autograph letter signed