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"EIN PFERDEBUCH" TAKEN FROM THE REICHS CHANCELLERY

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 EIN PFERDEBUCH  TAKEN FROM THE REICHS CHANCELLERY
"EIN PFERDEBUCH" TAKEN FROM THE REICHS CHANCELLERY
Book taken from the Reichs Chancellery library, "Ein Pferdebuch" ("A Horse Book"), by Hein Gorny (Munich: F. Bruckmann KG), 1938, 127pp. 4to., a collection of the New Objectivist photographer's images of horses. Bound in maroon cloth boards. Moderate warping and water stains to front and back covers, spine split at the title page, several loose pages throughout, else good. Gorny was barred from military service in World War II due to his refusal to divorce his Jewish wife, making it rather ironic that this book should find its way into Hitler's Reichs Chancellery. Our consignor's father was the chief of staff, American Headquarters, Berlin Air Command from June to August, 1945. During this period, he had the opportunity to "liberate" several volumes from the Reichschancellery, specifically Hitler's offices and those adjoining. This example is one of those volumes. With a copy of the consignor's notarized letter of provenance.