Gustav Stresemann Vermächtnis: Der Nachlass in drei Bänden

Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to fine. Quarto. xiv, (2) 643 (1), 24 plates, xiv, (2) 611 (1), 20 plates, xiv, (2)608pp., 16 plates. Original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and blue label of spines; gilt ruling on spines. Frontispiece in each volume, two portrait photographs and one portrait drawing. Binding by Hugo Steiner-Prag. The legacy of Gustav Stresemann published from the estate and edited by Henry Bernard with collaboration of Wolfgang Goetz and Paul Wiegler.Stresemann (1878-1929) was a German statesman during the Weimar Republic. He served as Chancellor for a period of 102 days in 1923, and as Foreign Minister from 1923-1929. In 1926 he was co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize with Aristide Briand for their achievement of the reconciliation between Germany and France. Volume 1: Vom Ruhrkrieg bis London. Volume 2: Locarno und Genf. Volume 3: Von Thoiry bis zum Ausklang. Includes autobiographical material including on his formative years from 1901 to 1918, his 100 days as German Chancellor, his life in the public eye and as a private citizen. Illustrated with numerous b/w reproduction of photographs of his contemporaries as well as facsimile reproductions of letters and documents, many of them foldouts.Text in German. Binding of volume one with light water-spotting in lower left corner of front cover and rubbed back cover, volume three on front and back cover. Volume two with light bump at bottom front cover. Volumes 2 and 3 with small chips at middle of spine. Bindings in overall good+, interior in very good to near fine condition. (Inventory #: 43488)