Auction 6
Third Reich German Militaria
By Valkyrie Historical Auctions
Contact auction house
Jun 13, 2021
PO Box 13020 Des Moines, IA 50310, United States
Terms of sale
View demo
The auction has ended
|
LOT 781:
Mein Kampf German 1925 First Edition Volume One
more...
|
|
|
Sold for: $3,500
Start price:
$
50
Estimated price :
$3,500 - $4,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 7.8%
On lot's price, no sales tax on commission
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
|
Mein Kampf German 1925 First Edition Volume One
Incredibly rare German FIRST edition Volume 1 of Mein Kampf from 1925. There rarely surface for sale. Adolf Hitler’s autobiography and political manifest. Hitler dictated this book to his secretary, Rudolf Hess while imprisoned in Landsberg after the failed 1923 revolution. The first editions, published in 1925 (Band I or Volume One) and 1926 (Band II or Volume Two) were published in separate volumes. With only a few exceptions (special editions) all subsequent Third Reich editions (1930 to 1945) contained both volumes combined in one book. Very few copies of the first editions have survived. When his book first came out it was not a success, few people cared about the book in 1925 which would almost have had a much longer title. The original title Hitler chose was “Viereinhalb Jahre [des Kampfes] gegen Lüge, Dummheit und Feigheit” (Four and a Half Years [of Struggle] against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice). His Nazi publisher, Max Amann, decided this title was too complicated and had it shortened to Mein Kampf (simply “My Struggle”). Before Hitler became Reichs Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Mein Kampf sold very slowly; but in 1933 alone 1.5 million copies were sold.
