Zodiac and Swastika. How Astrology Guided Hitler's Germany by Wulff, Wilhelm - 1973

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1973. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange cloth, lettered in gold foil. 192 pp. Slight binding lean, text block edges a bit tanned by age. Former owners' book plate mounted inside front cover. Pictorial dust jacket shows surface rubbing, with crease along a portion of top rear edge, now in mylar. Stated 1st American ed..

11 St. John's Hill, London : Arthur Barker, Limited , 1973. First English printing. Stated first published in Great Britain by Arthur Bakers Limited. Red cloth boards, bright gilt spine titles, moderate shelf, adhesive residue. Pages very good; some intelligent lightly pencilled neat underscore throughout majority. Several stamps at front, back endpapers, copyright page for "Coburg Public Library"; card pocket inside back cover. Dust wrapper, moderate shelf wear, spine rub; unclipped 2.50 net, protected in new clear sleeve. Pictorial wrapper design by Ian Fleming features front panel in black w/bold titles, red swastika at center of finely detailed zodiac. Back panel and spine in yellow w/red titles. Rare solid first and only printing in very good wrapper. Foreword by Walter Laqueur. Wilhelm Wulff (1892-1979) was a German-Austrian astrologer and writer. He was astrologer to Heinrich Himmler's court. Wulff wrote this book to dispel allegations he was a Nazi supporter… Read More

11 St. John's Hill, London : Arthur Barker, Limited , 1973. First English printing. Stated first published in Great Britain by Arthur Bakers Limited. Red cloth boards, bright gilt spine titles, fine. Pages fine; no writing. Dust wrapper, moderate edge wear, rub; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Pictorial wrapper design by Ian Fleming features front panel in black w/bold titles, red swastika at center of finely detailed zodiac. Back panel and spine in yellow w/red titles. Rare near fine first and only printing in very good wrapper. Foreword by Walter Laqueur. Wilhelm Wulff (1892-1979) was a German-Austrian astrologer and writer. He was astrologer to Heinrich Himmler's court. Wulff wrote this book to dispel allegations he was a Nazi supporter working to further it's cause. He was freed from a concentration camp to become Himmler's personal astrologer and, in the author's words "I was anything but a free man... I worked under the constant threat of severe… Read More

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1973. Advance proof of this rare material. Purple matte wraps, cover titles, moderate shelf wear. Pages near fine; editor apparently numbered forward w/Roman numerals in margin. Bind fine. Foreword by Walter Laqueur. Wilhelm Wulff (1892-1979) was a German-Austrian astrologer and writer. This advance issue is apparently somewhat different than the final published volume w/twelve additional pages. He was astrologer to Heinrich Himmler's court. Wulff wrote this book to dispel allegations he was a Nazi supporter working to further it's cause. He was freed from a concentration camp to become Himmler's personal astrologer and, in the author's words "I was anything but a free man... I worked under the constant threat of severe punishment should my calculations prove inaccurate." Wulff relates how he informed Himmler and other high-ranking Nazis about their horoscopes and, more importantly, Adolph Hitler's. 179 pages. Insured… Read More

Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. First Printing. Stated First American Edition. Clipped DJ in archival cover, rubbed, . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1973.