Umkämpftes Römisches Land (Contested Roman Land) [SIGNED]

Published by Bildgut-Verlag, Essen, 1944

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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Signed Wilhelm Wessel, with stamp of Air Force Command on dedication page. Quarto. 90pp., 3 leaves, 32 plates. Original tan boards with green vignette printed to cover, protected by modern mylar. 'Contested Roman Land' is Wessel's second war book next to his Africa book. It depicts the Italian frontier as it was experienced by German soldiers. Italy, the land of longing of all German Romantics and the origin of the formation of states in the Occident, has become a battle zone since the treasonous action facilitating the landing of the enemy in Salerno. It became the witness of the extraordinary resistance facing a superior enemy. Wessel's book brings the Italian theater close to the German soldier, the terrain he had fought over, where he suffered and shed blood while comrades fell around him (publisher). The book is illustrated with b/w in-text drawings, sketches and thirty-two plates with high quality offset reproductions of Italian landscapes of Wessel's dreamlike, romantic depiction of war scenarios in Italy. Laid in and article by Maximilian Wolf: Die Kapitulation der Italien-Armee (The capitulation of the Italy-Army), with drawings by Herbert Schulz published by Muenchener Mittag, Friday, May 2, 1947, the second anniversary of the capitulation of the German Army. Front flap of the dustjacket laid in. Text in German. Spine missing and binding shaky. Starting at back endpaper. Block lightly age-toned. Color images very good. Binding in overall fair, interior in very good condition.…

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Title
Umkämpftes Römisches Land (Contested Roman Land) [SIGNED]
Author
Wessel, Wilhelm
Publisher
Bildgut-Verlag, Essen
Publication year
1944
Condition
Fair to very good condition
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Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First edition.
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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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