{"product_id":"banned-ed-borba-the-struggle-organ-of-the-tiflis-bolsheviks-nos-1-2-3-4-tiflis-illegal-printing-house-1908-nbsp","title":"[Banned ed.] Borba (The Struggle). Organ of the Tiflis Bolsheviks. Nos. 1–2\/3\/4. Tiflis: Illegal Printing House, 1908.\u0026nbsp;","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Полный комплект] Борьба. Орган тифлисских большевиков.\u003cbr\u003e№№ 1 (15\/VI) – 2\/3\/4 (11\/VII).\u003cbr\u003eТифлис: Нелегальная типография, 1908.\u003cbr\u003e№ 1: 16 с. ; 24,8 × 15,5 см.\u003cbr\u003e№ 2\/3\/4: 22 с. (+ 2 пустых листа) ; 29 × 20 см.\u003cbr\u003eВ двух твердых владельческих переплетах с тиснением.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e[Complete Set] Borba (The Struggle). Organ of the Tiflis Bolsheviks.\u003cbr\u003eNos. 1 (15\/VI) – 2\/3\/4 (11\/VII).\u003cbr\u003eTiflis: Illegal Printing House, 1908.\u003cbr\u003eNo. 1: 16 pp. ; 24.8 × 15.5 cm.\u003cbr\u003eNo. 2\/3\/4: 22 pp. (+ 2 blank leaves) ; 29 × 20 cm.\u003cbr\u003eIn two hard owner's bindings with embossing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis complete set of the illegal Bolshevik newspaper Borba (The Struggle) represents an extraordinary bibliographical rarity and a museum-grade artifact of the revolutionary movement in the Caucasus. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the Tiflis Bolshevik organization during the harsh Stolypin reaction, including the arrangement of ideological critiques against Menshevik-Liquidators and detailed explanations of the V (London) Congress of the RSDRP. Published in Tiflis in 1908 under the guidance of the \"Literary Bureau\" and organized by the prominent Bolshevik Zakro Chodrishvili, this short-lived organ served as a vital primary source for the political education of the Georgian working class. Its rarity is nearly absolute; it is a known desideratum of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia and is absent from the catalogs of the Russian State Library (RSL) and the Russian National Library (RNL), with WorldCat recording only the first issue in a single French collection.\u003cbr\u003eThe physical identity of this Tiflis imprint is defined by its clandestine production, with early issues printed in the typography of the legal newspaper Shroma before moving to a secret location at the \"Tiflis Warehouse.\" The 38-page collection documents the exact moment of high-stakes conspiracy, as police raids eventually seized hundreds of copies from local workers and discovered the organization's hidden stockpile of 200 bombs and weapons following the betrayal of the provocateur Nikolai Erikov. This complete set, preserved in two embossed owner's bindings, captures the dramatic history of the September 1908 crackdown that effectively silenced the publication. For bibliophiles, scholars of Georgian revolutionary history, and major institutional collectors, these four issues represent a unique opportunity to acquire a legendary piece of underground printing that shaped the Bolshevik consolidation in Transcaucasia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44107418370090,"sku":"BOOK-BANED-GEDA","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_9904.jpg?v=1771589689","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/banned-ed-borba-the-struggle-organ-of-the-tiflis-bolsheviks-nos-1-2-3-4-tiflis-illegal-printing-house-1908-nbsp","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}