First published in London in 1848, The Communist Manifesto is a work of literary power as well as historical insight. This paperback edition is prepared to mark the publication's 150th anniversary, and includes: a new foreword by Marxist scholar Paul Sweezy; the full text of The Communist Manifesto in a hand-set typeface; Principles of Communism , which was drafted in 1847 by Engels as a basis for the Manifesto ; and The Communist Manifesto After 150 Years - an interpretative essay by Ellen Meiksins Wood.