History - Germany

New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006 Originally published in England with the subtitle Water and the Making of the Moder German Landscape. Beige boards with gilt facsimile signature, brown spine with gilt titles, xii, 466 pp, 10 maps, many illustrations in text, notes, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "Blackbourn tells the story of how the German people transformed their landscape over 250 years from a waterlogged swampland into one of the most powerful countries in the Western world." Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). First US Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm. more information

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Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1957 Brown covers, [ii], 20 pp. The Gideon Seymour Memorial Lecture Series. A Lecture by James B. Conant, Former Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Delivered at the University of Minnesota Williams Arena on February 24, 1957. Contains the text of the lecture with a brief introduction by J. L. Morrill, President of the University of Minnesota. A printed presentation slip is laid in. A reduction in the standard shipping charge will be applied on account of low weight. Shipping weight 3 oz. in envelope.. Pamphlet. Fine/No dj. 21½ X 14 cm. more information

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New York: Harper & Row, 1972 Brown & black cloth, foil titles on spine, maps on endpapers, xiii, 418 pp, fold-out map, 12 ff b & w plates, note on sources, index. Head of spine a bit battered, tail of spine rollled in, tiny (3 mm) tear to margin of one leaf (p. 35). DJ spine faded but legible, slight edge wear, 2 cm tear with some creasing at top of rear panel along fore-edge, 1 cm tear to top edge of front panel; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Vivid, haunting, paradoxical--Berlin in the 1920's was a world in itself, a prelude to the deluge that engulfed Europe and shook the world. This is a comprehensive, fascinating, historical portrait of the political, social, and cultural life of the 'City of Nets,' as Brecht called it, and the people who created and destroyed it." Journalistic in its treatment of the subject, this book actually runs from the abdication of the Kaiser in 1918 to the rise of Hitler in 1933.. First Edition. . VG/VG. 24½ X 16½ cm. more information

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London, New York & Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1951 Maroon cloth, gilt titles on spine, xx, 324 pp, two maps, charts, tables, footnotes, index. Extremities lightly rubbed, else fine. A scholarly study. Contents: dissolution of the Third Reich; Allied plans; Soviet occupation; development of politics; development of administration and government; economic revival 1945-6; Soviet reparations policy; planned economy 1947-50; Soviet zone and western Germany; Soviet zone and the eastern bloc; conclusions. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/No dj. 22 X 14½ cm. more information

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Bonn: Federal Ministry for Expellees, Refugees, and War Victims, 1960 Ex-Library; Selected and translated from Dokumentation der Vertreibung der Deutschen aus Ost-Mittleuropa. Black cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, top edge dyed light grey, xv, 579 pp, notes, two folding maps in rear pocket. An introduction describes the German population before the Second World War, the impact of the war on the German population, and its fate and living conditions after the war. Annexes include relevant treaties, laws, and decrees. These are followed by a selection of documents, typically first-hand reports taken from letters and diaries. The two folding maps show the distribution of the German population before the war.. . VG-/VG. 23½ X 16½ cm. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941 Maroon cloth with titles stamped in silver, top edges dyed red, viii, 605 pp, xxi (index), colophon. VG: corners bumped, boards very lightly soiled, endpapers browned, bottom corners of a few leaves inadvertently folded. DJ chipped and rubbed--largest chip, on front panel at top near joint, 1½ X 2½ cm, others very small. Jacket in Brodart protector. Gift inscription on recto ffep: "C. Elmer from Enid and Bill." Very nice early printing of CBS correspondent's personal observations of Nazi Germany, published in June 1941 as Hitler dominated Europe before the U. S. entered the war. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . VG+/VG-. 21½ X 14½ cm. more information

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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947 Black cloth, xvi, 254 pp, photo, plan of bunker, facsimile of last page of Hitler's will, map of west & central Berlin on rear endpapers, index. A few spots on front board and slightly musty. Events among Nazi Germany's political elite during the last few weeks of Hitler's life, as pieced together by a British intelligence officer from diaries, appointment books, and eye witnesses; preceded by background material. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 4 oz.). BCE. . VG/No dj. 21 X 14 cm. more information

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