Blood and Steel The Rise of the House of Krupp
New York: Lee Furman, Inc., 1938. First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. vii, [2], 3-424. Translated from the German by G. H. Smith. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photography. Bibliography. Index. Bound in blue cloth with red rules and silver lettering stamped on front cover and spine. Light age-toning to cloth; offsetting to endpapers. In the illustrated dust jacket, price-clipped, that shows edge-wear, light rubbing and with spine a tad faded. Very Good+ / Very Good-. Item #6260 Menne's historic account of Krupp reveals the co-dependent relationship between the armament firm and the German state; the book was published at a time of great Nazi secrecy. Subsequent Nuremberg Trials revealed the firm's inhumane worldview. Of the executive sentenced at the tribunal, a few received lengthy sentences, but none served more than mere months. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
The uncredited dust jacket design has a handsome 1930s depiction of gasworks overlaid with white and silver lettering. The rear panel presents a photo of the massive WWI Krupp gun hidden in the Crepy salient that bombarded Paris from a range of 80 miles. From spring to summer 1918 the gun was fired every 20 minutes.
Price: $40.00