Basel. 1894. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good+ in beautifully illustrated light blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and black tilte to spine. Light bumping to spine ends and to corners. Minor browning to edges of pages. Text written mostly in fraktur. 264 pages. German History GERHIS1/3192. Very Good +. More

Kingston, NY: Maureen Cummins, 2019. Number 8 of 15 copies signed and numbered by the book artist Maureen Cummins. This powerful production was initially realized as a unique object in the spring of 2019, the book was later editioned in the fall of 2019. Throughout the piece, Cummins uses simple typographic means to explore issues of anti-Semitism, denial, and the erasure of cultural memory. Unpublished Manuscript, 1946 came out of the research phase of the Friends, Peace and Sanctuary Project, in which artists were asked to spend two weeks in the Special Collection archives at Swarthmore College. Cummins was immediately drawn to a collection of materials relating to the life of Hans Bergas, a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Cummins writes: "Following the war he and his family relocated to the United States, to the town of Chester, Pennsylvania. It was there that he met Gertrude Weaver, a German language high school teacher. In response to her request, Bergas began corresponding with Weaver’s students, a process that led to his writing a full-length memoir. Hoping to see the manuscript published, Weaver sent the manuscript to Grace Naismith, a senior editor at Reader’s Digest magazine. In a brief, typewritten response, Naismith thanked Weaver for her submission while unequivocally rejecting it as unsuitable for publication: “…the day has passed,” she wrote, “when people will read any more about Buchenwald or German atrocities…we have been so surfeited with Fascist horror stories, movies, and Nuremberg trial testimonies, that I’m afraid a present sale is most difficult.” In this artist's book, Cummins painstakingly surprints Naismith’s letter, using no more than a few words at a time, over copies of Bergas’s manuscript. In this way, Naismith’s decision to reject the manuscript is given the full weight and consequence it deserves. Reading the texts side by side also highlights the contrast between the editor’s polite, patrician language and the horrific events and experiences described in the memoir: “Death by starvation. Death by illness or execution.”" Both visually and emotionally, the reader/viewer is invited to witness the collision of worlds. Printed on a variety of translucent papers, including vintage onionskin. The memoir was digitally reproduced, while Naismith’s letter was printed letterpress using photoengraved plates. Also included are two documents contained in Bergas’s original manuscript: a map of Buchenwald that he drew for the Chester high school students, and a page of family photographs. Each book is held by a vintage clip board. The book measures 8.5 x 11 inches. In fine condition. 79 pages. ARTISTSB/011620. Fine. More

Stuttgart: Carl Krabbe. Hardcover. No date. Very Good in grey illustrated paper wrappers with grey title to front wrapper and black title to spine. Minor edgewear to exterior. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout and a fold out map. A few unopened pages at rear. 88 pages. In German. GER/4213. Very Good. More

New York: Smithmark, 1996. Hardcover. Nf/Nf Dj/8vo./illus. German History. GRH112181. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. More

January 1947. Hardcover. Tan cloth backed blue cloth boards with gilt title "Autobahn Bridges" to spine. A few spots of discoloration to spine and wear to edges of boards and corners. Interior is clean and includes many diagrams and photographic illustrations. Printed on a waxy paper and bound in French fold style. 84 pages. GER/071508. Very Good. More

Vienna: Anton Pustet and Styria, (1950, 1952, 1955). Hardcover. 8vo. All volumes bound in yellow cloth covered boards. Volumes I and II have a gilt title to black box on spine while volume III has a yellow title to black box on spine. Shelf wear to bottom edges of boards and spine. Interiors are clean and bright with illustrations throughout. Vol I: 351 pages, Vol II: 548 pages, Vol III: 491 pages. This set may require an extra shipping fee. IN GERMAN. GERHIS/022211. Very Good +. More

Leipzig: Gerhard Fleischer dem Jüngern, 1811. Hardcover. Lacks both illustrations. German astronomer Dr. August Heinrich Christian Gelpke (1769 - 1842) is best known for his theory on comets and how they impact the Earth's surface. Bound in modern black leatherette boards with black and gilt title label to front cover. Rubbing to hinges, edges of boards, and corners. Scuff mark to front cover. Minor toning to margins, else clean interior. Bookplate of Harry Rabinowitz to front pastedown. Size: Thin, small quarto. 80 pages. SCI/042915. Very Good. More

New York: Norton, 1991. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./illus./352 pp. German History. GRH7/4122. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More

London: Greenhill Books, 2006. Hardcover. 4to. In green cloth covered boards with silver title stamp to spine. In illustrated black glossy DJ. Interior pristine. 223pp. GERHIS/071506. Fine in Fine dj. More

Baltimore: The Baltimore Sun, 1953. Paperback. SCARCE. Near fine in blue side-stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Long article on Germany which appeared in The Sun from December 6-December 20, 1953 and written by the paper's foreign correspondent, Digges. German History. in wraps. GRH6/4122. Near Fine. More

Berlin: Mittler, 1919. Hardcover. VG in green cloth with gilt lettering. German History. GERHIS03/111599. Very Good. More

Heidelberg: Quelle and Meyer, 1963. Hardcover. Bound in grey cloth boards with blue and gilt title to spine. Minor rubbing to spine. Slight browning to margins of pages, but very clean and bright. 338 pages. German. GER111231. Very Good. More

Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft, 1968. Paperback. Very good+ in grey illustrated paper wrappers wiht white title to front wrapper. Small spot on rear cover. Multilingual edition. Previous owner's name inside front cover. World War II. WWII1/5240. Very Good +. More