1959. · Stamford
by Lassalle, Ferdinand
Stamford: The Overbrook Press, 1959.. Large octavo. Gilt cloth. About fine. First U.S. edition (in French) of this controversial work documenting the noted anarchist's affections for a young Russian girl, first published in 1878, proclaimed a fabrication in later years by Clement Shorter, and vindicated as authentic by Georg Brandes. One of two hundred and fifty copies printed in Caslon type on Arches. CAHOON, p.90. (Inventory #: WRCLIT36146)