Soviet Communism.

Webb (Sidney) and Beatrice Webb.

Soviet Communism.

A New Civilization. [Complete in 2 vols.]

Description: SECOND EDITION, double-page map preceding the text in first volume, pp. xix, 528; pp. x, 529-1255, 8vo, original black cloth, gilt lettering to backstrips, very light browning and spotting to edges, dustjackets with somewhat dulled backstrip panels and one or two scuffs or small tears, very good

Publication Details: Longmans, Green and Co., 1937

Notes: Inscribed by Sidney Webb on the flyleaf of Volume 1, to 'Sir Samuel and Lady Wilson, in kindly remembrance of our association, 1929-31'. Wilson had been Permanent Under-Secretary to L.S. Amery, by whom he was posted to East Africa - continuing under Amery's replacement as Secretary of State for the Colonies, naemly Webb, in the years mentioned.A photograph of the Webbs is laid down to the front pastedown.Second, expanded editions of the Webbs' last major work, a vast study of Soviet Union communism. This edition includes over one hundred additional pages, covering the promulgation of the 193...moreInscribed by Sidney Webb on the flyleaf of Volume 1, to 'Sir Samuel and Lady Wilson, in kindly remembrance of our association, 1929-31'. Wilson had been Permanent Under-Secretary to L.S. Amery, by whom he was posted to East Africa - continuing under Amery's replacement as Secretary of State for the Colonies, naemly Webb, in the years mentioned.A photograph of the Webbs is laid down to the front pastedown.Second, expanded editions of the Webbs' last major work, a vast study of Soviet Union communism. This edition includes over one hundred additional pages, covering the promulgation of the 1936 Constitution, the 'treason trials', and the Stakhanov movement. The dustjackets carry the praise of Harold Laski, J.M. Keynes, and George Bernard Shaw. HIDE

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Price: £750

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1937

Stock Number: 71586

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