Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich

8vo (212 x 139mm.), 3 plates (2 folding), contemporary half morocco

I.K., initials at foot of spine; Library of E.M. Dorokhov, Vilnius, library stamp dated 1915 on title-page, p.151 and at end

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FIRST EDITION of Lenin's first book, published under the pseudonym of Vladimir Ilin, and issued in an edition of 2,400 copies. In it Lenin sought to show that Russia was already a capitalist society, and although his arguments were mostly flawed, a second edition was produced in 1908.