Trotsky (Leon)

The Revolution Betrayed, signed and dedicated in fountain pen ink on the front free end page "To Mr John Finerty with best regards, Leon Trotsky, 13 April. 1937, Coyoacan", some age-related toning and handling wear, dust-jacket, a few chips to jacket, and scattered staining to the back panel, 4to, Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937

***Finerty was the lawyer for Alexander Orlov, the KGB official who defected to the United States during the Spanish Civil War. Orlov became aware of a possible KGB plot to assassinate Trotsky, who was then living in Mexico. Orlov attempted to telephone Trotsky to warn him of the plan, but, prevented by Trotsky's secretary, was unable to pass on the information. Trotsky was finally assassinated on August 20, 1940.