Танкисты-Гвардейцы Tankisty-Gvardeytsy (Tank Guardsmen)
Moscow: Goskinoizdat, 1942. First edition. Softcover. Oblong 16mo. 5x7.5". Unpaginated. 24 pages. Photo-illustrated staple-bound b/w wrappers with white lettering on the front cover. This finely printed piece of Soviet military propaganda celebrates the heroism of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade of the Russian Army, and serves as photo-documentation of their harsh daily lives on the Eastern Front, during WWII. The 1st Guards Tank Army was first formed in 1941 from the remnants of the 15th and 20th tank battalions of the Soviet Union's 38th Army. From January 1943 until the end of the war the Tank Army was commanded by the celebrated and highly decorated Marshall Mikhail Katukov (1900-1976). Profusely illustrated throughout with gravure images printed b/w and cyan, including a few dramatic battle shots, and images of captured German soldiers.
Captions and text throughout in Russian.
Wrappers with some light smudges and water stains. Pencil markings on the back wrapper. Staples rusted. Interior front cover with some light staining. Images throughout mostly clean and vibrant. Wrappers in good+, interior in very good- condition overall. Extremely scarce. Protected in modern mylar. g+ to vg-. Item #48495
*No copies listed on OCLC.
Price: $1,500.00