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First edition - Victor Gollancz Left Book Club edition - 'not for sale to the public' - published as a paperback original. Loosely inserted is a fascinating period newspaper clipping which describes the Stalin Political Show Trials. ***Very good in variant Gollancz yellow thin card covers, with mauve lining and black titles. The covers are clean and unmarked and there are no significant creases or tears - just some slight corner creasing. Corners and edges slightly worn and rubbed. The fragile paper covering to the spine is slightly wrinkled but the spine is tight with no tears - just slightly faded. Some darkening to the top edge of the page block. Internally the book is also very good with an original owner's ink stamp 'Cosker' on the front free endpaper. The pages are clean, with just very light foxing to the preliminary and last pages. No creases apart from a couple of bottom corner tips. Small closed tear at the top edge of the title page. The paper stock has not really tanned over the decades - still quite clean and white. No dustwrapper as issued. ***382 pages including a detailed 20pp Index at the back of the book. 185mm x 125mm. ***Contents: Chapter I. The New World Situation, II. The Problem of World Politics, III. The Balance Sheet of Two Decades, IV. The Rising Antagonisms of Capitalist World Economy, V. Attempts at World Organisation, VI. The Issue of the New Division of the World, VII. Main Areas of Conflict, VIII. The Soviet Union and the World, IX. The Fight for Peace and the Future of World Organisation, Index. ***'Rajani Palme Dutt (19 Jun 1896 - 20 Dec 1974), generally known as R. Palme Dutt, was a leading journalist and theoretician in the Communist Party of Great Britain. His classic book "India Today" heralded Marxist approach in Indian historiography. Dutt joined the Labour Research Department, a left-wing statistical bureau, in 1919. The following year, he joined the newly formed Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and in 1921 founded a monthly magazine called Labour Monthly, a publication that he edited until his death. In 1922, Dutt was named the editor of the party's weekly newspaper, the Workers' Weekly. Dutt was on the Executive Committee of the CPGB from 1923 to 1965 and was the party's chief theorist for many years. Dutt first visited the Soviet Union in 1923, where he attended deliberations of the Executive Committee of the Communist International (ECCI) relating to the British movement. He was elected an alternate to the ECCI Presidium in 1924. Following an illness in 1925 which forced him to stand down as editor of Workers' Weekly, Dutt spent several years in Belgium and Sweden as a representative of the Comintern. He also played an important role for the Comintern by supervising the Communist Party of India for some years. Palme Dutt was loyal to the Soviet Union and to Leninist ideals. In 1939, when the CPGB General Secretary Harry Pollitt supported the United Kingdom's entering the Second World War, Palme Dutt who promoted Stalin's line and forced Pollitt's temporary resignation. As a result, he became the party's General Secretary until Pollitt was reappointed in 1941, after the German invasion of the Soviet Union cause a reversal in the party's attitude on the war. In his book "Fascism and Social Revolution", a scathing criticism and analysis.' [Wiki] ***A first edition published by Victor Gollancz in a Left Book Club edition in very good collectable condition, which is very unusual considering the book's age and fragility of production. An uncommon title. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 8237
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