From ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 04 February 2000
About this Item
4to. 126 pp. Cream cloth with Vienna code of arms stamped in red, black and gold on front cover. Gold lettering on cover, red and black lettering on spine. Binding protected by modern mylar. Book housed in modern custom-made gray cloth slipcase. 100 b/w stereographs and a stereoscope resting in lowered pockets inside front- and rear boards. Instructions on how to view photos laid in. Index to stereographs in rear. Captivating 3D stereoscope book of early 1940s Vienna. Majority of photographs depict the city's architecture showing the Stephanskirche, Karlskirche, Peterskirche, Schottenkirche, Kapuzinerkirche, alte Universitätskirche, Parliament, Marie-Theresien-Platz, Liechtenstein-Palais, Heldenplatz, Michaelerplatz, Josefsplatz, Burggarten, Obere Belvedere, as well as memorials, museums, city hall, street scenery, city views, and others. Picture # 94 shows the entrance of the "Pratergelände der Wiener Messe" decorated with five large swastika banners, reminding the viewer that the work was published at a time when Austria was part of Hitler's Grossdeutschland. With a printed excerpt of Hitler's speech referring to Vienna as "a pearl," hence the title of the book. Hitler gave the speech on April 9, 1938, from the oriel of Vienna's city hall when he announed Austria's annexation into the Reich. Photographs by August Makart, Ellen Rà rig, Fritz Wisberger, and Hans Schreiner. Text section interleaved with two full-page b/w photographic reproductions and eight color reproductions after art work by C. Postl, Rudolf v. Alt, Andreas Geiger, Moritz v. Schwind, Passini, and Igo Pà tsch. Color plates mounted on gray card stock. Text in German, gothic script. Minor staining on cloth. Foxing and some soiling on endpapers. Slipcase in fine, binding in good+, interior in very good condition. Complete Raumbild-Album with all photographs present. Seller Inventory # 30040
Bibliographic Details
Title: Wien: Die Perle des Reiches
Publisher: Raumbild - Verlag Otto Schà nstein, München
Publication Date: 1941
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First edition.
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