Manifesto of the Communist Party. Authorised English Translation. Edited and annotated by Frederick Engels. 1888. Sixth Impression. Price Threepence.
by MARX, Karl, & ENGELS, Friedrich
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Publisher's original paper wrappers. Stapled binding. 32 pages. Complete and in very good condition, with some foxing to pages 1, 31 and 32. Foxing to edges. Brown marks on the spine edge of the cover. Clean internal pages generally. Preserved in a quarter morocco clamshell box with chemise. First edition, sixth impression, of the FIRST AUTHORIZED ENGLISH TRANSLATION of the Communist Manifesto. Engel's role in the translation was extensive; he personally chose the translator Samuel Moore (who had earlier translated Marx's Das Kapital), and also negotiated with the publisher. The preface is the longest and the most important of any that Engels wrote for the Manifesto, and this is the only translation edited by him with additional notes. The translation was edited by Engels, with a four-page preface specially written by him for this translation, as well as eight footnotes. It includes a large number of modifications of expression, omissions, and minor additions. First published by Reeves in March 1888, based on the German edition of either 1872 or 1883, it is the second edition of the Communist Manifesto to be distributed in bookshops, preceded only by the Swedish translation of 1848, all earlier publications being either in periodicals or distributed by socialist organisations. According to an exchange between Andréas and William Arnold Reeves, the stereotype plates made in 1888 were used for pages 3-31 of all the English editions of the Manifesto published by Reeves, this sixth impression being published in 1927.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 397
- Title
- Manifesto of the Communist Party. Authorised English Translation. Edited and annotated by Frederick Engels. 1888. Sixth Impression. Price Threepence.
- Author
- MARX, Karl, & ENGELS, Friedrich
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition, 6th impression
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- William Reeves
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Pages
- 32
- Size
- 12mo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology
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