A fine sammelband including three important works written in whole or in part by Karl Marx: Die Internationale Arbeiterassociation. Ihre Gründung, Organisation, politisch-sociale Thätigleit under Ausb

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A very fine sammelband of eight German-language pamphlets by leading members of the International Workingmen’s Association (First International), including three rare and important editions of works written in whole or in part by Karl Marx. The first Marx item is the rare first edition of Wilhelm Eichhoff’s Die Internationale Arbeiterassociation (1868), the first attempt at a history of the International Workingmen’s Association, written with the active collaboration of Karl Marx. Eichhoff had conceived the concept of the piece in the summer of 1868 and ‘informed Marx of his intention and asked him to send the necessary material and help him with the article. As early as 27 June Marx sent to Berlin a great number of documents of the Association, newspaper clippings and his own notes. In his reply of 29 June Eichhoff thanked Marx for the material and informed him that he was going to use his notes word for word and supplement and expand them as advised by Marx. Eichhoff’s work grew into a pamphlet because of the abundance of material. It was written with Marx’s direct assistance. Eichhoffs letters show that as his work progressed, Marx answered his numerous questions, gave advice, made suggestions, and wrote certain parts of the pamphlet. From 12 to 22 July 1868, Marx edited the pamphlet and read the proofs’ (MECW, Vol. 43, p. 576). The next Marx item is the first German translation of the so-called ‘Alliance Pamphlet’, the searing critique of the anarchist wing of the First I

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