Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler 1939

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler - Unexpurgated edition - Two volumes on one:

First volume: A Retrospect

Second volume: The National Socialist Movement

1929 - Hurst and Blackett, London - English translation by James Murphy 0568pp - Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and swatika on front bd - Photographic frontispiece - Minor foxing - Hardcover shows no fading

ADOLF HITLER'S BOOK.... MEIN KAMPF, ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1ST EDITION 1939 COMPLETE TWO VOLUMES IN ONE! 1. A RETROSPECT 2. THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST MOVEMENT UNABRIDGED AND FULLY ANNOTATED!!! THIS BOOK WAS TRANSLATED BY JAMES MURPHY WHO WAS EMPLOYED BY THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO TRANSLATE MEIN KAMPF (MY STRUGGLE) WORD FOR WORD INTO ENGLISH! UNTIL 1939 THE ONLY VERSION AVAILABLE TO THE ENGLISH READER WAS THE DUGDALE TRANSLATION OF 1933! WITH LARGE PORTIONS OF THE ORIGINAL TEXT MISSING IT DID NOT PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH AN INSIGHT INTO HITLERS MIND AND THE NEW ORDER! THE MURPHY TRANSLATION IS REGARDED AS THE ONLY TRUE "WORD FOR WORD" COPY OF THIS BOOK AVAILABLE! THE BOOK WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN MARCH 1939 PRINTED IN SMALL NUMBERS TO TEST THE PUBLIC REACTION AND SALES POTENTIAL! ..... IT SOLD LIKE "HOTCAKES" WITH A SECOND RUN IN APRIL IT SOLD OVER 50,000 COPIES IN THREE WEEKS!!! GOING THROUGH MANY EDITIONS UNTIL 1942 WHEN WITH SOME IRONY THE PREMISES OF THE PUBLISHER HURST & BLACKETT WERE BOMBED DURING THE LONDON BLITZ OF THAT YEAR WITH THE BOOK PRINTING PLATES DESTROYED! THE COPY OFFERED IN THIS SALE IS ONE OF THOSE FIRST COPIES OF MARCH 1939. GOOD GILT LETTERING THE DEEP BLUE HARD-BACKED BOARDS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THEIR AGE WITH A FEW MARKS AS TO BE EXPECTED LITTLE FRAYING! INTERNALLY THE BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION. THERE ARE (567) PAGES WHICH INCLUDE CONTENTS AND INDEX, AND THE BOOKS DIMENSIONS ARE 8vo OR 9X5.5X1.5. OVERALL THEN A VERY NICE EXAMPLE OF A VERY COLLECTIBLE 1ST ENGLISH EDITION PUBLISHED BY HURST & BLACKETT OF LONDON ENGLAND MARCH 1939!... WILL MAKE A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR LIBRARY! DON'T MISS IT!