Mein Kampf.: Eine Abrechnung; Die nationalsozialistische Bewegung.

Munich: Franz Eher,, 1925-27. Hitler signals his genocidal intent First editions, first printings, of both volumes of perhaps the most infamous and reviled book of the 20th century, a work nevertheless of enormous historical and geopolitical significance; from the library of an early Nazi activist. Part autobiography, part manifesto, Hitler espouses with neither equivocation nor restraint his extreme anti-Semitism, racial prejudice, and commitment to violence to achieve political aims. Germany's need for Lebensraum, to recapture territories lost at Versailles, and purge itself of all internal enemies, are all spelled out in detail, refuting any arguments that the coming evils of the Nazi regime could not be foreseen. The first volume is in the second issue binding, the first having a white spine, here altered to match the second volume. Provenance: the half-title of vol. I has the ownership stamp of Doctor Richard Dingeldey, of 37 Franz Josefstrasse, Munich. An early Nazi party member, Dingeldey hosted Hitler for dinner at his Franz Josefstrasse home in October 1923 (Ullrich, p. 830). He remained active in the party. "Nazi activist Richard Dingeldey... delivered a standard speech on Luther's convictions to numerous Nazi gatherings in the fall of 1925, claiming that 'the life of Luther is our goal'" (Hastings, p. 162). He then worked in Munich at the pharmaceutical and chemical company Wilhelm Kathe AG. He worked for the board of health under the later Nazi regime and was a leader of their young doctor medical association (Jungärzte beim NS-Ärztebund). Two volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, spines and front covers lettered in white, top edges red. Frontispiece photographic portrait of Hitler to vol. I. A few instances of marginal crosses and ticks in vol. I, with a list of pencilled page numbers towards end of the same. Spines lightly sunned, else sharp copies. Printing and the Mind of Man 415. Derek Hastings, Catholicism and the Roots of Nazism, 2011; Volker Ullrich, Hitler: Volume I, 2016.