Der Hauptmann von Köpenick: ein deutsches Märchen in drei Akten

New York: Bücherreihe Neue Welt, 1945. Paperback. 189 p. paperback, 4.25x6.75 inches, pages evenly toned, mild handling wear and soil to yellow covers, some wear to spine ends. Printed in the US from a Stockholm edition. Books from this series, published for German POWs at the end of World War II, have the statement "Verbilligter Sonderdruck für deutsche Kriegsgefangene" on the title page (Special cheap edition for German prisoners of war). The price printed on the spine is 25 cents. This is number 11 in the Bücherreihe Neue Welt series, which is mentioned on p. 129 of "Books As Weapons: Propaganda, Publishing, and the Battle for Global Markets in the Era of World War II" by John B. Hench; a complete list of titles begins on p. 275 of that work. See also Robert Cazden's "German exile literature in America, 1933-1950; a history of the free German press and book trade.