New York: International Publishers, 1949. Edited and adapted by Howard Selsam from the Short Philosophic Dictionary by M. Rosenthal and P. Yudin. 12mo measuring 7.75 x 5.25 inches: 128 pages. Publisher's green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Boards a tad rubbed; spine sunned and frayed; part of front free endpaper (bizarrely) excised; interior clean and bright. Good.

Robert Friedman, writing for The Worker upon the Handbook's publication, described it as "an indispensable aid to the understanding of Marxism-Leninism... if read through, [it] will give anyone an excellent outline of Marxist philosophy... To have gathered together, in 128 pages, such a wealth of information and in so readable and well-organized a form, is a genuine achievement."