Karikaturen
Reutlingen: Verlag Die Zukunft, 1947. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. (3) 48 (1) leaves. Original illustrated gray wraps with white, black and brown lettering on cover, brown on spine, protected by modern mylar. Collection of fourty-eight anti-Nazi caricatures produced secretly during Hitler's reign. These drawings characterize Hitler's path and are captioned with quotes of Hitler, many of them from "Mein Kampf," and his accomplices, e.g. Robert Ley, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Dr. Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Rudolf Hess, among others. The caricatures are printed in b/w into yellow-orange frames (9 x 5 1/2"), with quotes printed to the colored background. The last caricature, depicting a girl at a pharmacist counter, is indicative for the scathing humor displayed in this volume. Girl: Excuse me Mister Pharmacist, I'd like rat poison for five Mark!" Pharmacist: "Why? Was your father district leader?" Text in German. Light wear along edges of wraps, small chips at corners and tail of spine. Block lightly age-toned. Unusually well preserved copy of this publication. Very good condition. Item #46900
Price: $175.00