Russkaia istoriia s drevneishikh vremen v 4-kh tomakh by Pokrovskii [Pokrovsky], M. N. (Mikhail Nikolaevich), 1868-1932

Moskva, MIR [1910?]-1912. First Edition. Hard Cover. Four volumes: (1) 259, 56, [3], 7 p.; (2) 306, 49 p.; (3) [4], 232, 72 p.; (4) [4], 337 p.; illus., map; 23 cm. Volumes 1 & 2 undated; 3, 1911; 4, 1912. "A Bolshevik since 1905, Pokrovsky emphasized Marxist theory and the brutality of the upper classes in his Russian History from the Most Ancient Times (1910-13), downplaying the role of personality in favour of economics as the driving force of history." The same idea seems to be the reason that Stalin had his work banned. This is the rare (LC & Harvard have film) first, pre-Revolutionary edition. A fifth volume dealing with recent decades was lost long ago (to censorship?). Includes bibliographical references and indexes. (Pollard) Stock# 43,236. Good+, bound in half green leather; tops of spines, especially vol. one, worn.