SHIRER, William L.
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.
“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 Limited Edition of This Classic work The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich; Signed by William L. Shirer
New York: Touchstone Book / Simon & Schuster Inc, 1990.
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Signed limited first edition of “one of the most important works of history of our time” (Orville Prescott, New York Times). First printing of the revised edition from 1990 with a new afterword by Shirer. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, author's initials in gilt on front cover, silk endpapers, silk bookmark. Signed by William L. Shirer on the limitation page. One of one hundred copies, this is number 67. In fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth slip case also with the author's initials in gilt on front panel. Rare and desirable signed.
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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