SHIRER, William L.
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.
New York: Simon & Schuster , 1960.
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“Many of the books tossed into the flames in Berlin that night by the joyous students under the approving eye of Dr. Goebbels had been written by authors of world reputation": First Edition of This Classic work The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich; inscribed by William Shirer and Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
First edition of “one of the most important works of history of our time” (Orville Prescott, New York Times). Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by William L. Shirer on the fourth free endpaper, "To Johnny Van Doren In remembrance of a fine reunion in Chicago. Bill Shirer." In fine condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Hailed as the definitive study of Adolf Hitler, the rise of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and World War II. It won the 1961 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the Carey–Thomas Award for non-fiction. In 1962, the Reader's Digest magazine serialization reached some 12 million additional readers. In a New York Times Book Review, Hugh Trevor-Roper praised it as "a splendid work of scholarship, objective in method, sound in judgment, inescapable in its conclusions" (Shirer, 1990). A film adaptation was broadcast by the U.S. ABC television network in 1968, one hour a night over three nights.
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.
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