Youth in Soviet Russia

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933. First American Edition. First Printing (and first in the English language). Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in red on spine; dustjacket; [7],8-270pp. Trivial dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, else very Near Fine. In the original pictorial dustjacket, gently spine-sunned, lightly edgeworn and dust-soiled, with a few tiny nicks and tears (one of them tape mended on verso), and a price blacked-out in ink at lower rear flap; Very Good. Originally published in German under the title Die Jugend in Sowjetrussland (1932) – a book describing the "Young and New Russia, dealing with all phases of the communist Youth Movement; student activities, the Komsomol, modern literature, the theatre, collectivization, communes, and other angles of life" (from front flap). Trotsky declared it "well-informed" (a ringing endorsement). (Inventory #: 83699)