BIALLAS, H., (u.a.), hrsg. Die Nationalsozialistischen Musterbetriebe 1937/38. Bd. 1-2. Bayreuth, Gauverlag Bayerische Ostmark, (1938). 2 vols. 118; 192 pp. W. 310 b&w stereo photogr. ('Raumbildaufnahmen') by H. Hoffmann, loose (as published) and stored - together w. fold-out iron viewer - in tog. 11 pockets in the inside of front and back boards. 4°. Or. gilt dec. cl. over wooden brds. Complete, and in fine condition (even w. the separately printed directions to use the viewer), but without the 3rd volume which appeared in 1939. -- Added: DEUTSCHE MUSTERBETRIEBE. Stuttg., (usw.), n.d. (c. 1938). 32 pp. Owrps. (Die Wirtschaftskraft d. Reiches, 7). -- (3).

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