WWII NAZI GERMAN 1940 Ed. MEIN KAMPF GERMAN WW2

A Wedding edition Mein Kampf measuring 12.5cm x 19cm, hardcover, 784 page book, published by the "Zentralverlag der NSDAP. Fr[an]z. Eher Nachf., München," in 1940. To its dark blue leather spine is impressed, in gold, the author’s name, the title, and an oak leaf with two acorns to its base. A glossy sepia-toned, head and shoulders portrait photograph of Hitler, with his facsimile signature beneath. Presented by "Der Oberbürgermeister:" (The Lord-mayor). Written while Hitler was in Landsberg prison after the abortive 1923 Munich "Putsch" (revolt or coup d’état), "Mein Kampf" (My Struggle) was originally published in two volumes, the first in 1925, and the second in 1927. The original title for the first volume was to be "4 1/2 Jahre Kampf gegen Lüge, Dummheit und Feigheit" (4 1/2 Year Struggle against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice) but the publisher shortened it to "Mein Kampf." When the two volumes were printed as one, starting in 1930, the first volume retained its subtitle, "Eine Abrechnung" (An Accounting) and outlined his ideology of racial nationalism. The second volume, entitled "Die nationalsozialistische Bewegung" (The national-socialist Movement), developed these theories and those of national self-sufficiency and economic independence. Considered the bible of National Socialism, its sales made Hitler a millionaire.