The Communist International: No. 4, First Special Vth Congress
London: Centropress Limited, 1924.
First Edition. 8vo. Original orange-tan pictorial wrappers printed in red and black. Staple-bound. A Good copy with visible chipping and paper loss to the spine ends, though the wraps remain attached. Internally clean with the expected uniform toning to the mid-century newsprint-style stock.
This "First Special Vth Congress Number" provides a direct window into the 1924 Fifth World Congress, a watershed moment for the Third International. As the first congress held in the post-Lenin era, these pages document the intense debates over leadership and the formal adoption of "Bolshevization". The front cover features the iconic woodcut of a worker shattering the chains of the globe, a powerful artifact of early Soviet agitprop.
. Good. Item #752Price: $100.00