Rare books

[Anthony Evans]

What are some rare books from the period written by or for the SS. I the poll i have is the books I can recall of the top of my head. What do you consider to be the rarest. Also will change the poll if needed, if the book brought up seems rare enough to be put on here.

[CurtD]

SS Soldatenfreund.

[RD Rygaard]

The Cavalry & "im osten" are the same book. There was a Waffen SS im Westen" though.....

[Anthony Evans]

Originally Posted by CurtD

SS Soldatenfreund.

Soldatenfreund i would consider uncommon, also depends on the year. I have seen 1 42, 3 43, atleast 10 44, 1 45

[Michael Fay]

I guess the most rare is: SS Sippenbuch,
then the SS Familien Chronik
then the SS Familie


why? because in my years of book searching these are the ones least offered.
the first two I have never found for sale. Not once,--- EVER.
the SS familie I know of 3 for sale in the last 2/3 years
All the others do comeup for sale every year or so

I base this on scarcity not necessarily price (although price and scarcity can be related)
I have found the most often for sale book is the Soldaten Freund..I am not knocking them, mind you...I just could have bought a lot more of them than any of the others.

As I understand the Sippenbuch was part of the SS home "traditions" corner, I suspect they were more often destroyed by the owners or hidden securely by those who owned them. I would posit there was less extremely personal feelings towards the Soldaten freund or Damals, etc. And so they would have escaped the attentions of an SS family more than the Sippenbuch.
Oh yes, if anyone did not want to advertise their familie's tie to the SS, they would get rid of a book called " SS Sippen Buch" as that translate as "the book of the Clans of the SS" or just "SS Clans book"! not what you might want around the house during the fall, or the occupations.

[Anthony Evans]

Looking back i guess i could have added the SS liederbuch and the SS drill manual. Hind sight is 20/20

[-Michael]

I have the book «Vlaanderen te Weer !» in my collection. It was published by the SS-Kriegsberichterzug «Langemarck» in Prag on the end of 1944. The book tells the history of the Flemish volunteers, from the Frw.Legion «Flandern» to the SS-Freiw.Sturmbrigade «Langemarck». An other collector told me that there are only five of these books known to exist in German and Dutch. The pictures:
http://langemarck.blogspot.com/2009/01/vlaanderen-te-weer.html
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[jotuntroll]

Legionsminner or legions memorys given to the veterans who served in ss freiwillige legion Norwegen is pretty rare and full of pictures and little front storys from the Leningrad front.

[SSkrieg]

only 1000 copies of the otto gahr book were made in 1993, ive yet to see one for sale

[Michael Fay]

Originally Posted by SSkrieg

only 1000 copies of the otto gahr book were made in 1993, ive yet to see one for sale

Well if we talk about rare books in the non-TR era category, then all three of these are hard to get, but the Gahr book is the hardest indeed.
I have only seen 3 or 4 for sale in 8-9 years. About 5 years ago some German book sellers were offering xeroxed copies of the book for 100 dollars, proudly explaining that it was great they offered the copies as it was unattainable in the original.

[kingtiger]

I bought a copy from John Peppera last year...very excellent condition too.

[Thorsten B.]

There is something else that is nearly impossible to get:

The two catalogues of the SS-art exhibitions in Salzburg and Breslau in summer 1944.

[Uscha]

Originally Posted by Thorsten B.

There is something else that is nearly impossible to get:

The two catalogues of the SS-art exhibitions in Salzburg and Breslau in summer 1944.

thorsten you will find this books at"ZVAB"one for 1900 euro and the other for 1700 euro.
regards
uscha

[Thorsten B.]

I know they are available there - but I have them already.

[Uscha]

Originally Posted by Thorsten B.

I know they are available there - but I have them already.

i hope for a better price