London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1959). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Written shortly before his scheduled release from prison in Mexico (after serving a 20 year sentence), this is an account of the life and psychology of Leon Trotsky's assassin, Russian agent Ramon Mercader (also known as Jacques Monard.) Based partly on interviews with the assassin conducted by Alfonso Quiroz Cuaron, the psychologist for the Mexican Dept of Justice. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to Herschel Williams (presumably the Medal of Honor winner) with the comment "With memories of the days when one had faith in the struggle for liberty" and signed Don and dated in 1960 in Mexico City. Sources and Notes, index. xvii, 236 pp.

New York: Times Inc, (1964.). Introduction by Allen Dulles, who comments that this book does not deal with 1917 when the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia, but rather with how Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin used their years of exile and underground activity to prepare themselves for the coming revolution. Includes editor's preface and author's introduction. Illustrated with photographs. Sources, pronunciation guide and index in Volume 2. Vol 1: 420 pp; vol 2: 413 pp.