SMGN-1816 Annotated Mein Kampf 1939 First Impression (English)

A scarce opportunity to pick up an English translated Mein Kampf with an early 1939 first impression printing. The book sits a little crooked, a book collector might know how to fix this. The spine is separated a bit but still intact at the edges, so the cover is not falling off. Some significant wear to the cover. The inside looks great with no major problems and light wear.

Red cloth, gilt stamped on spine. 1939 on copyright page. A nice copy of this historically important work.

Mein Kampf was first published in 1925. Copies printed before Hitler became Chancellor in 1933 are scarce, with the popularity of the book following his rise to power. In 1933, Houghton Mifflin secured the rights from Eher Verlag to publish an English translation of Mein Kampf. A second edition was printed in 1937, with a controversial quote by Dorothy Thompson, the first journalist exiled from Nazi Germany. This quote led to protests from the German government, but the quote was not removed. In 1938, Reynal and Hitchcock approached Houghton Mifflin about a fully translated and unabridged copy of the book. Houghton Mifflin agreed, but the project was met with a public outcry that profits from the book would benefit Hitler. Reynal & Hitchcock agreed to donate all their proceeds to the “Refugees of Germany,”