Description
The wedding edition of Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, printed in 1938.
Octavo, 781pp, [1], [10pp ads]. Beige hardcover, title in gilt over black morocco spine, four raised bands. Frontispiece portrait with tissue cover. Top edge gilt. Faint foxing to leafends, internally clean, solid text block. Includes the publisher’s slipcase, fine condition. Also, includes a presentation page, not signed nor personally inscribed. The tipped in Wedding Edition limitation page was affixed to the People’s Edition of Mein Kampf. (Pastore, 060) (Pastore, 064)
In 1935, Eher Verlag approached Hitler with the idea that all newlyweds in Germany should receive a presentation copy of Mein Kampf, in lieu of other gifts such as a bible. Each “Wedding Volume” would contain a tipped-in presentation page from the mayor of each municipality, with each municipality purchasing their copies and the royalties going to the author. The first edition of the Wedding Edition [Hochzeitsausgabe] was published in 1936. Many copies survived the allied prohibition due to their wedding day significance.
