Volsky, A. (Stanislav) The Philosophy of Struggle: An Attempt at Constructing Marxist Ethics (Filosofiya borby: Opyt postroeniya etiki marksizma), 1909. In Russian.

Вольский А. (Станислав)
Философия борьбы. (Опыт построения этики марксизма).
Москва : Книгоиздательство «Слово», 1909.
III-VI, [2], 311 с. ; Обычный формат. Мягкая издательская бумажная обложка. Состояние: небольшая утрата левого нижнего края обложки.
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Volsky, A. (Stanislav)
The Philosophy of Struggle: An Attempt at Constructing Marxist Ethics.
Moscow : Slovo Publishing House, 1909.
III-VI, [2], 311 pp. ; Regular format. Original paper softcover. Condition: small loss to the lower left edge of the front cover.

This 1909 treatise is a seminal work of Russian political philosophy, written by Andrei Vladimirovich Sokolov under his prominent pseudonyms "A. Volsky" and "Stanislav." Published during the intellectual ferment following the 1905 Revolution, the text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of "Proletarian Ethics," including the arrangement of a moral framework that rejects traditional bourgeois sentimentality in favor of a heroic, struggle-oriented Marxism. Volsky, a key figure among the "Forward" (Vpered) group alongside Bogdanov and Lunacharsky, sought to synthesize Marxist materialism with Nietzschean individualism, arguing that the revolutionary movement required a new psychological and ethical foundation. His "Philosophy of Struggle" became a cornerstone of the radical intelligentsia's discourse, influencing the development of Soviet cultural theory before the author eventually broke with the Bolsheviks in 1917 and emigrated.
Spanning over 300 pages, the volume is a sophisticated intellectual effort to reconcile the deterministic laws of history with the creative will of the revolutionary class. Published by the Slovo house in Moscow, the edition reflects the high-pressure censorship environment of late Imperial Russia, where radical ideas were often couched in dense philosophical terminology to bypass the authorities. As Sokolov-Volsky later became a "non-person" in Soviet historiography following his opposition to the October Revolution and subsequent exile, early editions of his philosophical works were frequently removed from public circulation and destroyed. For bibliophiles, historians of Russian thought, and collectors of revolutionary-era imprints, this 1909 volume is a vital primary source, documenting a unique, heterodox strain of Marxist theory that prioritized ethical transformation and personal agency.