Description
Signed first edition of Ten Years and Twenty Days, the memoirs of Admiral Karl Dönitz (Zehn Jahre und Zwanzig Tage).
Octavo, 512pp. Text in German. Publisher’s white cloth, author’s name stamped in gilt on spine. Green top stain. Light soiling to cloth, rubbing to boards, solid text block. Splash mark to fore edge. Includes numerous black and white photographs, large fold-out map at rear. Laid-in errata slip at page 95. This copy is signed on the title page by the author.
Admiral Karl Donitz (1891-1980) served as Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) from 1943-1945. After the death of Adolf Hitler, Admiral Donitz was the short-term German Head of State.
