Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Ideological Publications

(Bücher). A mixed lot of ideological publications, including:

1 A very well-preserved small edition of Mein Kampf, constructed of a light card stock binding with a red canvas exterior liner, the cover bearing a title in gilded and embossed lettering, the spine bearing an additional title and author’s name in identical execution, the interior content consisting of 781 paginated pages featuring both volumes of the seminal biographical and ideological text of AH and the NSDAP in clear Fraktur script, the interior of the cover page bearing a handwritten dedication dated 18 October 1943, issued in 1942 by the main publishing house of the NSDAP in Munich, printed by C.G. Röder, Leipzig, measuring 12 cm (w) x 17 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

2. A very well-preserved edition of “Nationaler Sozialismus im neuen Deutschland” (“National Socialism in New Germany”), by Ernst Graf zu Reventlow, constructed of a card stock binding, the cover bearing a gilded and embossed mobile swastika situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, the spine bearing a gilded and embossed abbreviated title and author’s name surrounding by Wolfsangel runes, the interior content consisting of 119 paginated pages featuring Reventlow’s reflections on the history of socialism in Germany and interplay of the church, military, and labour in German society, published in 1934 by Zeitgeschichte, Berlin/Leipzig, printed by Meyerschen Hofbuchdruckerei, Detmold, measuring 17.5 cm (w) x 24 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

3. A 1940 edition of "Dokumente polnischer Grausamkeit” (“Documents of Polish Cruelty”), constructed of a card stock binding, the cover bearing a heavily stylized title, the interior content consisting of 456 paginated pages featuring a propaganda exposition on alleged Polish atrocities against German civilians, used in part to justify Germany’s 1939 invasion, supplemented by graphic black-and-white photographs, measuring 21 cm (w) x 26 cm (h), demonstrating moderate material fatigue and soiling through, including the loosening of some pages, in very fine condition.

4. A 1942 edition of “Bolschewistische Verbrechen gegen Kriegsrecht und Menschlichkeit” (“Bolshevist Crimes Against the Laws of War and Humanity”), constructed of a card stock binding, the cover bearing a title and other information in clear typewritten script, the interior content consisting of 286 paginated pages detailing alleged Soviet atrocities against both armed forces and civilians during the early period of the Eastern Front, published at the behest of the Foreign Office, printed by Deutschen Verlag, Berlin, measuring 20 cm (w) x 25 cm (h), demonstrating minor soiling and material fatigue throughout, an interesting example of wartime propaganda in better than very fine condition.

5. A 1939 edition of “Juden hinter Staling” (“Jews Behind Stalin”), constructed of a card stock binding, the interior content consisting of 229 exploring the alleged over-representation of Jewish officials in the Soviet Union and reinforcing the Third Reich’s propaganda regarding the connection between Jews and communism, published by Niberlungen Verlag, Berlin/Leipzig, printed by Buch- und Tiefdruck Gesellschaft, Berlin, measuring 14.5 cm (w) x 22.5 cm (h), demonstrating moderate material fatigue to the binding in addition to some age-appropriate discolouration of the paes, in very fine condition.

6. A 1940 edition of “Waffentechnischer Leitfaden für die Ordnungs-Polizei” (“Weapons Technical Guide for the Ordnungspolizei”), constructed of a paper stock binding, the interior content consisting of 436 paginated pages featuring details descriptions of weapons, ammunition, and supplementary equipment used by the Ordnungspolizei, including exceptionally-detailed fold out illustrations, diagrams, and other imagery, published by R. Eisenschmidt, Berlin, measuring 13.5 cm (w) x 20.5 cm (h), demonstrating moderate material fatigue, a primary document relating to the outfitting of law enforcement in the Third Reich in better than very fine condition.