r336) c1915/Sven Hedin top German West Front photobook

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This is the most superb German WW1 book by Swede Sven Hedin. It is his travel log of driving along the German Western Front Lines toward the end of 1914. The book is very, very detailed in his descriptions of the villages, towns and French landscape and in his interactions with the german soldiers, officers and Generals that he meets along the way. All this is interlaced with superb photographs taken by the author on the spot. Because of a personal interest in the particular village being described I have translated the entire last chapter of the book and you will find my translation at the bottom of this listing. All of the sample pics in this listing (apart from the first four pics) are taken from this last chapter. This truly is an excpetional book and I can assure you that everything that Sven Hedin describes is very accurate. I have personally visited some of the places described with the book in hand and can verify his descriptions are accurate. It would easily be possible to re-trace his entire trip along the front on your next holidays. The book is hardback and has a total of 534 numbered pages. It measures 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". It weighs about 1.5kg (3 pounds).This item is guaranteed original and is NOT a copy, reprint or fake of any kind. The item will be shipped from Liverpool in the UK. Actual shipping will be quoted on completion of the auction. Please email with any questions you may have. Happy bidding. Cheers, Torsten. Unless condition is described further above, I consider my photographs to be sufficient to describe the items. Airmail to anyw Outside of Europe: US$30 Surface Mail to anyw Outside of Europe: US$15 Airmail within Europe (outside of the UK): US$15 First Class mail within the UK: £6 Insurance/registered/signature services are available for all countries (not available with surface mail) and the cost depend on the country and value of the goods. Of course, your combined shipping charges would reduce, should you be lucky enough to win more than one of my auctions and of course I will combine multiple auction wins to save on postage costs. I do take payment in Pounds Sterling at an exchange rate of US$1.80 = £1.00. Euro zum Umtauschsatz von US$1.20 = Euro1.00. I have checking accounts in the US, in the UK and in Germany for easy payment. I also take credit card Money Orders from BidPay are also no problem, as I am registered t... You may wish to take advantage of my latest promotion, WIN FOUR OR MORE OF MY POSTCARD AUCTIONS (usually marked with PC in the title) AND GET FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING. Chapter 28 My last day at the front At the hotel, they forgot to wake me of course, but I woke up by myself and got dressed silently, so that I would not disturb the Herzog (Duke). I then went through the pitch black night, armed only with a Zeiss Telescope and the camera, to the hotel 'Europaeischer Hof' w the others were already assembled. I was invited to sit in the car that was driven by Tauchnitz. My travel companions were Hauptmann Kriebel and Leutnant Freiherr von Pechmann, both of which belonged to the Staff of the High Command of von Falkenhausen's Army. Our journey went south-east via Chateau-Salins in Deutsch-Lothringen (German-Lorraine) and only south of Rixingen did we cross the French border. It was 7 am as we departed. Dawn had only just began, but the sky was murky and the weather was rough and the hard cobble stones of the country road were covered in a thin layer of wet mud, which made the road as slippery as soap. Both my travel companions in the car were as jolly as all of the German officers that I had got to know. The photograph on page 506, were they can be seen standing furthest left in the foreground, shows that they were not lacking in plenty of good humour. With the help of a map I was educated about the beautiful and interesting country that we were driving through and also about the destination of our trip. A few kilometres before Rixingen a pipe burst in the engine and the car would not move any furt... read more

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