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Published by Wilhelm Limpert, Berlin, 1941
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: g+ to vg. First edition. Folio (12 x 9"). [26], 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 6, 12, 8, [2], [12]pp, [8] leaves (Album). Original string bound decorative leatherette with Nazi eagle silver-stamped on front cover. Album given to members of the German armed forces during the early stages of WWII. The album opens with five full-page photographic reproductions of preminent military figures, such as Walther von Brauchitsch (Field marshal and the Commander-in-chief of the German army in the early years of World War II); Field-marshal and chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Wilhelm Keitel; Grand Admiral Erich Raeder; General field marshal Paul von Hindeburg; and General Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff. The text includes the following: - Die Geschichte der Deutschen Wehrmacht (The History of the German Army) (9pp); - Das Jahr 1938, by H. Martin (The Year 1938) (3pp); - Die Jahre 1939 und 1940, by H. Judeich (The Years 1939 and 1940) (4pp); - Deutsche Infanterie, by Walter Burckhardt (The German Infantry) (8pp); - Die deutsche Artillerie, gestern und heute, by Heinemann (The German Artillery, Yesterday and Today) (8pp); - Die deutsche Kavallerie, by von Arnim (The German Cavalry) (8pp); - Die deutsche Kraftfahrtruppe, by Walther Nehring (The German Armored Units (8pp); - Pioniere einst und jetzt, by Dittmar (Pioneers Once and for All) (8pp); - Die Nachrichtentruppe, by General Fellgiebel (The Signal Corps (6pp); - Die Geschichte der deutschen Luftwaffe, by Adler (The History of the German Air Force) (12pp); - Werden und Weg der deutschen Kriegsmarine, by Meyer-Döhner (What has Become of the German Navy) (8pp) The tissue-guarded photo album leaves are blank. Nazi eagle partly faded on front cover. Text in German, gothic script. Binding in overall good+ to very good, interior in very good condition.