115 - Adolf Hitler, "Mein Kampf", anniversary edition 1939 for the 50th birthday, gilt top, in slipcase

Adolf Hitler, "Mein Kampf", anniversary edition 1939 for the 50th birthday, gilt top, in slipcase Paper, leather and cardboard, book in slipcase, Adolf Hitler, "Mein Kampf", anniversary edition 1939, single-volume edition with 705 pages, dark leather binding, spine with gilt lines and red spine label, top edge gilt, title page in black and red, inscribed "Jubiläumsausgabe anläßlich der Vollendung des 50. Lebensjahres des Führers" and "Gesamtauflage 5 Millionen Exemplare", publisher's imprint "Zentralverlag der NSDAP., Frz. Eher Nachf., München" and "1939", book in good condition, slipcase partly faded and slightly stained, 24x17x5 cm (HxWxD) The anniversary edition of "Mein Kampf" was published in 1939 by the Zentralverlag der NSDAP, Franz Eher Nachfolger, in Munich for Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday on April 20, 1939. The special edition was produced as part of the state celebrations for this day, which the Reich government had declared a national holiday on April 18, 1939, and was delivered in a slipcase. The first volume of the book had appeared on July 18, 1925, the second on December 11, 1926, published by Franz Eher Nachfolger; from 1930 there was a single-volume popular edition. By 1945, according to current research, around 12.5 million copies had been distributed in 16 languages. Since 2016, a comprehensively annotated scholarly edition by the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich has been available, which makes the book accessible as a historical source.