$60 · Vintage hc book 1935.. German WWI /II military history non-fiction - 1000 photos

Vintage hardcover book …. ……… large format, photo book, minimal text……. …. World War I / WWII historical non-fiction …. published in Germany, circa 1935 ……. by ‘Military Publishing’, under new leadership from the German Reich and its leader … pre-war propaganda, propagated via 1000 photos … …… German title roughly TRANSLATED …… ‘1000 Pictures from 25 Years of German History and the Hall of Fame of Our Old Army’ ………… broken into sections … basically as such: ……. the old regime …… then WWI, a large section ….. then the post-war political unrest leading to street battles ….. then the new regime …….. lastly, the fallen comrades …….. ….. meant to bolster public opinion for the upcoming plans for war through photos ……. and by framing WWI as an unfair dishonor, which was in part the fault of the Weimar government ….. and the positive news, they say, is the rise of the new ‘party’ via street battles with the Communists, and final victory at the polls ….. through a great, and brave sacrifice, they say ………… the latter is shown via a photo list in the back of those who died in ‘battle’, heroes of the Reich ……… all the main regime characters are also featured in photos ….. …. high MID-GRADE in condition …….. flat, tight, clean and complete … but some light to moderate spine wear ………. call it VG+ …………. ………… measures 12.5 x 9.5 x 1.5 inches …….. a heavy book, gloss paper ………… embossed gilt cover …………. 388 pages ……. basically all photos ………. ………. TITLED ……… 1000 Bilder aus 25 Jahren Deutscher Geschichte und Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee …………. roughly TRANSLATED …… 1000 Pictures from 25 Years of German History and the Hall of Fame of Our Old Army’ ………………….. Militar Verlag, Furstenwalde Spree ………….. the book has no publishing DATE …… but it is acknowledged by all major book sellers that 1935 is the date ………. further TRANSLATION …………. ‘ISSUED ON THE BASIS OF OFFICIAL MATERIALS WITH SUPPORT OF The Reich Archives in Potsdam and the Baperifchen War Archives in Munich and below, with the cooperation of well-known personalities of the General Staff of the Reichsardziv and other leading offices, as well as with image contributions from the Voltsbundes German War Graves Gate.’ ………. a ‘fine’ example of how the party used the media and how it manipulated thoughts and attitudes …… this book being a less coercive method …….. ………. INCREDIBLE volume as a historical archive ……. with over 1000 photos from German files, taken by German photographers …… …. NOTE …… a lot of WAR PHOTOS in here are graphic …… …………. …… CONDITION …… the book is darn nice ……. no cover stains …. hinges are solid, spine is good, nothing loose ……. clean pages, with only some minor light corner creasing in a few spots ………Title page has a PARTIAL crack at the spine – but minor effect……. AND there’s wear to OUTER spine ……… see pictures ………. COSMETIC for the most part, minor effect to integrity ………. …….. so a very nice book, and the spine is still solid … it isn’t as ‘tight’ as a newer book …… mostly BECAUSE this volume was made with ‘thin-ish’ board covers, with an overweight contents of over 2 kg. …. so the spine was always fragile, and the few copies around now mostly all have spine issues …… ……. BUT this is a minor issue, the book is easily read, nothing loose …………… best of all – it’s clean ………..