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THE MYTH OF THE MASTER RACE: ALFRED ROSENBERG AND NAZI IDEOLOGY
Written by Robert Cecil.
Stock no. 1829814
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A full-length study of the man appointed by Hitler to be the chief theoretical exponent of the ideology of the NSDAP. Alfred Rosenberg's role has been underestimated, as has that played by the ideology itself in contributing to the rapid rise of Hitler to power. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 266 pages. Top edge red. ISBN: 071341121X. Small nick in the cloth on the vertical edge of rear board. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Text block browned. Minor foxing to endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby to rear panel and lightly faded to spine.

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HITLER AND THE POWER OF AESTHETICS
Written by Frederic Spotts.
Stock no. 1829808
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A new interpretation of Hitler's character and actions which sees an obsessive artistry as the driving force behind his career and his hold over the German people. Novel insights into the world of the Third Reich. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xxii and 488 pages including index. ISBN: 0091793947. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased.

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THE MAKING OF A NAZI HERO: THE MURDER AND MYTH OF HORST WESSEL
Written by Daniel Siemens; David Burnett.
Stock no. 1829796
Published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.. 1st UK 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Originally published in German in 2009. This is the English translation, translated by David Burnett. Horst Wessel, was a young and ambitious member of the SA, shot point-blank at his home in Berlin in 1930. This is an account of the background to Horst Wessel's murder, uncovering how and why the Nazis made him a political hero. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 316 pages including index. ISBN: 9781780760773. A lovely copy!

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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH (2 VOLUMES)
Written by William L. Shirer.
Stock no. 1829661
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition.

A History of Nazi Germany. Red cloth boards with white title panel to spines and swastika to front. B/w photos. Vertical crease to spine of volume I and a couple of tiny white spots to base of spine. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed to top and base.

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THE UNWRITTEN ORDER HITLER'S ROLE IN THE FINAL SOLUTION
Written by Peter Longerich.
Stock no. 1329370
Published by Tempus. 1st thus 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hitler's role in the Holocaust. ISBN: 0752419773. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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THE JACKDAW OF LINZ: THE STORY OF HITLER'S ART THEFTS
Written by David Roxan; Ken Wanstall.
Stock no. 1329367
Published by White Lion Publishers Limited. 1st thus 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published by Cassell in 1964. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 195 pages (including index). B/w photos. ISBN: 0856172669. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and browned.

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CULTURE IN NAZI GERMANY
Written by Michael H. Kater.
Stock no. 1829594
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2019. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The definitive history of culture in the Third Reich. Culture was for the Nazis a tool of propaganda, a way to intimidate or encourage people - and it was surprisingly essential to the running of the Third Reich. White cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. xviii and 453 pages including index. ISBN: 9780300211412. Base of spine lightly shelf-rubbed, small knock to lower edge of front board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is just a little grubby and is worn across top edge.

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DIGGING FOR HITLER: THE NAZI ARCHAEOLOGISTS SEARCH FOR AN ARYAN PAST
Written by David Barrowclough.
Stock no. 1829538
Published by Fonthill Media Limited. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A deep evaluation of the practices and beliefs of the SS-Ahnenerbe and similar Nazi groups, revealing the myriad frauds committed by individuals seeking a moral justification for categorically indefensible acts. A gripping journey into the warped minds within the Third Reich, stratching from the mythical lost world of Atlantis to the mountains of Tibet. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 9781781555002. A lovely copy.

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THE HOLY REICH: NAZI CONCEPTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY, 1919-1945
Written by Richard Steigmann-Gall.
Stock no. 1829451
Published by Cambridge University Press. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Originally published as a hardback in 2003 and transferred to digital printing in 2009. The author here argues that the Nazi movement, contrary to the conventional view, was not anti-Christian, let alone atheistic. He demonstrates that many participants in the Nazi movement felt a personal attachment to Christiantity, and claimed that their ideology of antisemitism, anti-Marxism, and antiliberalism was inspired by Christian values. Pictorial cardwraps. xvi and 294 pages including index. ISBN: 9780521603522. A physical copy of a Print-On-Demand item. Minor knock to top rear cover edge. Contents clean.

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THE HUNDRED DAYS TO HITLER
Written by Roger Manvell; Heinrich Fraenkel.
Stock no. 1829447
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

What were the precise circumstances that made possible Hitler's seizure of power? A detailed day-to-day account of exactly how Hitler and the Nazi leaders manoeuvred their way to power. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 245 pages including index. ISBN: 0460078593. Text block browned with some foxing and a small stain. Grubby marks to page 15 and facing page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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ANATOMY OF A DICTATORSHIP: INSIDE THE GDR 1949-1989
Written by Mary Fulbrook.
Stock no. 1829188
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The German Democratic Republic. Combining careful archival research with broader theoretical and historical interpretation, a major contribution to debates on recent German history and the character of contemporary Germany. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 307 pages including index. ISBN: 0198203128. Pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Light blue pen marks to vertical edge of text block. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is scuffed.

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THE COWARD OF MINDEN: THE AFFAIR OF LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE
Written by Piers Mackesy.
Stock no. 1828462
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Lord George Sackville was court-martialled for disobedience at the battle of Minden in 1759 and pronounced to be 'unfit to serve His Majesty in any military capacity whatsover'. What caused him to disobey the orders of his German Commander-in-Chief to bring up the cavalry? Was it cowardice? Or incompetence? Or a determination to be awkward? Or was he an unlucky victim of circumstance? Yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713908513. Small black mark to front endpaper. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Top edge of text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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