STALIN JOSEPH: (1878-1953) Soviet Dictator. Leader of the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party 1922-52. A.N.S., I. Stalin, one page, clipped 4to, Moscow, n.d., to comrade Sorin, in Cyrillic. Rare autograph note by Stalin, boldly written in pencil, to the upper left corner of a clipped typed letter, partially over the typed text. Stalin states `C.[comrade] Sorin, Personally get it published, I remember very well, also c. Drodt letter confirms accordingly, that this May Day flyer [proclamation] 1912 was written by myself personally in Moscow. I Stalin´. The typed text is a letter from Stalin´s correspondent, comrade Sorin, to Stalin, stating in part `Dear Comrade Stalin! We send you two documents scheduled for printing in "Pravda" May Day issue": 1. Lenin´s article "Then and Now" from "Pravda" 191... - The manuscript of the article has not been conserved, but Lenin´s authorship is unquestionable. We have already given evidences to the press in support of the belonging of the article to Lenin. We deliver the documents for "Pravda" May Day issue so late because we [could] not find any Vladimir Ilyich´ unpublished article that would suit the issue´s content - the article "Then and Now" suits best. - 2. May Day leaflet dated 1912. From those of your works listed by comrade Tolstuhova, we can notice that the proclamation is written by you, and comrade Tolstuhova assigned…´. The letter has been clipped, saving Stalin´s annotation in full. With trimmed edges and few very small tears not affecting Stalin´s written text. F to G £1000-1500