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8vo. Half-title. (Some light spotting to a few leaves.) Original red cloth, paper label on spine (some spotting, covers slightly bowed). Provenance: Presentation inscription to an unidentified recipient (see below).

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GOLDMAN on the half-title, London, 1 December 1925. The inscription is obscured by an affixed label which reads: "This book is a part of the Institutional Library provided through the Cortland County Council of Churches...However, the library program does not necessarily endorse the content of these donated books" (with a portion of Goldman's inscription adhered to the verso of the label). Goldman left the Soviet Union in 1923, and soon after published My Disillusionment in Russia to share the experiences she had while living there. Goldman was initially supportive of the October Revolution which brought the Bolsheviks to power, but changed her opinion after the Kronstadt rebellion and denounced the Soviet Union for its violent repression of independent voices.