Lot 63
Trotsky, Leon - 1933 TLS Mentioning the International Left Opposition (1879-1940) Russian communist and revolutionary leader. At odds with Stalin following Lenin's death, he was exiled and later assassinated in Mexico on Stalin's orders. Typed letter signed "L. Trotsky," one page, 10¾ x 8 ¼", in English, Buyukada (Turkey), May 30, 1933. To author/journalist John Gunther, thanking him for a copy of Harper's Magazine with an article by Gunther "which shows your sympathetic interest in my personal work and in the activity of the International Left Opposition….If you should happen to have the recent issue of Current History with the review of my History of the Russian Revolution by Professor Bernadsky, I would appreciate it if you were to send it to me for a few days….What is your opinion about the situation in Austria?…." Estimate Value $1,200 - UP
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