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Please be sure to visit our Kaiser Wilhelm II collection.
Also, take a look at our Frederick the Great gallery.
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Fantastic Two-volume Set of Books on the German Army (Item KBOOKS 3-1) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Das Deutsche Soldatenbuch, The German Soldier Book: Nothing better on this subject exists in the world. There's never been a more complete history in text and pictures of the German Army; that heroic army that has been recognized by friends and enemies as the finest and most noble in the history of warfare. The volumes were published in 1926, so they trace the Deutsche Wehrmacht from the Stone Age up to the actions of the Freikorps fighting against the Communists and Spartacists. It covers the great victory of the Germanic tribes against the legions of Rome into the trench warfare of World War I, Landsknecht and Knights, musketeers and Grenadiers, cavalry and infantrymen, rifles, helmets, flags and standards, artillery, Lancers and Hussars, battles, defenses, invasions, formations, parades, resplendent uniforms, famous leaders, all in black-and-white pictures in sharp contrast and beautiful full-page color prints for the historian interested in the changing uniforms, weapons, etc. This is a very valuable reference. It is most difficult to describe all that you will find here in this massive set of books. The first volume contains 323 pages; the second 392 pages (715 pages chock full of pictures). The books are in wonderful, almost pristine, condition. They measure 11 x 14 inches and together measure two and a half inches thick. Again, we just can't possibly describe anywhere near fully the importance or the scope of these books. They are magnificent!!!. We have shown only a few of the hundreds and hundreds of great pictures. This is it; the very best book on the Deutsche Soldat through the ages.
PRICE: $695.00; absolutely bargain personified! |
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Book Die Geschichte von General Hindenburg (Item KBOOKS 3-2; WWI 9-15) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is a really cute little children's book about Germany's WWI hero Paul V. Hindenburg. It contains only 13 full-color illustrations from the military history of this Germany's greatest field marshal. The inside-front cover has some scribbling done undoubtedly by the former owners, who were young children, but thank goodness they did not write on the picture pages. The pictures are as we have said in a word “cute.” This is a really charming little book to be especially displayed in a meaningful collection. The German and the enemy soldiers are depicted as playful little gingerbread-style combatants. This is a rare find and measures 10 x 8.5 inches and is in pretty good condition considering its age, which is probably 1920s or so.
PRICE: $125.00 |
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Book Deutschland’s Heer und Flotte, Germany’s Army and Navy, by Gustav-a-Sigeland General von Sprecht (Item KBOOKS 3-3; WWI 10-5) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is a fantastic huge book 14 x 18 inches in size with 180 pages of text in German and English. This number of pages does not count the dozens and dozens of fully illustrated color full-page prints that are breathtakingly beautiful. Copies of this book when they rarely show up are usually in very poor shape and dealers have been known to tear the prints out of the book and frame them individually. These framed prints often bring as much as $300 to $400 each because they are after all original (period) pieces. This is the first time we have had one in this fine condition as they are brilliant chromolithographs by G. Arnould in-house Werner artists. This was published in 1899 and the English and German text is published in parallel columns. The cover is in original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt, red, blue, white, and black depicting a German soldier and sailor flanking the German eagle crest of the Empire. At this writing we searched the web and found another copy for sale on the website of AntiQbook. A later 1900 edition was being offered for $1,600, but it mentions the joint’s being reinforced by cloth tape plus a short split at the bottom of the upper joint. This is far better than others that have been offered in the past, but still not the shape of this one we offer (near perfect!).
PRICE: $1,850.00; a bargain! |
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1936 Yearbook of the Kyffhäuserbund (Veterans) (Item KBOOKS 3-4; VETS 2-8) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here in beautiful condition is the yearly edition of the book published by the official NS veterans’ organization. This is a lavish and beautiful historic presentation that was a source of pride to the ex-warriors of the Reich. The calendar on the first pages traces Germany’s glory from the great battle in the Teutoberger Forest through the medieval knights, the Landsknecht, the peasants’ war, the wars of Prussia’s Frederick the Great, 1870 conflict with France, WWI, etc. The death of the great Marshal von Hindenburg is covered dramatically with his grand and somber funeral, and then there are many fine illustrations and photos on the 144 pages, some, very inspiring. To the serious Germanophile there is a section of the book that is devoted to the Kyffhäuser Denkmal or monument. This is most awe inspiring for those who have visited it like me. While standing for hours looking at this absolutely stupendous edifice I couldn’t help feeling that I had stepped if only momentarily into the glory that was Germany. The artistic stone cutting and bronze statuary is breathtaking and the messages conveyed are unmistakable and poignant. Here is “Deutschlands Gloria.” I could go on and on, but the few who will understand know who they are and what it all means. You can go to various places on the Web and look up “Kyffhauser” and much of the history and pictures will emerge, but my recommendation is to go there, stand there, reflect there, and you will never forget it, especially if you are one of that peculiar race of Germanophiles. George Bush wouldn’t feel a thing!
PRICE: $185.00 |
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Portfolio KGL Bayerische Arme 1805-1825 (KBOOKS 3-5) |
DESCRIPTION: This is a portfolio of beautiful color prints published in the 20’s or 30’s depicting soldiers of Bavaria’s soldiery of the past. It includes 2 sheets of explanation and 12 full color prints ranging in size from 87 inches by 3 ½ to 5 ¼ x 7 ½ (mostly the latter). They are extraordinarily gorgeous and are the finest of glossy illustrated production. The cover is tattered and needs TLC but the prints are in mint condition, every one of them sharp and simply gorgeous. PRICE: $150.00 |
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Please refer to item designator in parentheses in all correspondence.
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