Hitler's New German Reichschancellery in Berlin 1938-1945. by Cowdery, Ray - 1987.

Kusnacht, Switzerland: Northstar Maschek AG, 1987. Limited Edition Cloth FINE in Maroon Cloth / gold type, no DJ Folio (11" x 14"), 63 pp. This is NOT the 128 page mass market volume, but.the Limited Edition (Number 275 of 1000 copies) printed on Archival Standard paper with the Infinity TM on the publication data page, in maroon cloth with gold title and author on cover and spine. Helmeted knight in profile with torch and eagle atop wreath circling swastika in gold on front cover. No dj. Metallic grey endpapers with black and grey squares alternating between the helmeted cover image and the Reichs eagle atop a wreath-enclosed swastika. With 12 full-page color photographs, including two of the Herman Gradl paintings that hung in the building's dining hall, and a Paul Herrmann painting titled "You Have Finally Won" ("Und ihr Habt Doch Gesiegt") showing Hitler honoring his fallen comrades at the Point of Honor. There are also 19 full-page and 11 half-page B&W photographs such as the Fuehrer's office and writing desk, the Marble Gallery, the Mosaic Hall, and the Voss Street Entrance, along with a number of smaller B&W photos. There are also three floor plan schematics: the Main Floor, the Lower Floor Under the Reichschancellery including bunkers, and the floor plan schematic of Hitler's Bunker. There is some wear to gold type on spine and very minor wear to the gold letters on the cover. Also tiny fabric glitch on bottom edges of cover. Otherwise the book is AS NEW -- Unmarked, appears Unread, and FINE -- NEARLY AS NEW. Book falls open to pages between signatures but all pages are tight and clean. (h)Regardless of politics, this book is an extraordinary record of an historic building and celebrates one of the most remarkable, historically important visionary works of romantic architecture of the 20th Century.