A m. kir. fegyveres erők képeskrónikája (1919-1945), Vitézi Szék — 1st Edition

£120.00

A m. kir. fegyveres erők képeskrónikája (1919-1945), Vitézi Szék — 1st Edition

Name: A m. kir. fegyveres erők képeskrónikája (1919-1945), Vitézi Szék — 1st Edition
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Publication: Michelfeld, Vitézi Szék, 1977

Formatting: 4to, pp. 299. Complete with loosely inserted 35-page supplementary English translation booklet and folding plates housed in the rear pocket.

Condition Report Near Fine. The original publisher’s blue faux-leather boards are wonderfully preserved, remaining sharply cornered with no significant bumping, rubbing, or edge-wear. The gilt lettering to both the spine and the front board remains astonishingly bright and entirely unoxidised, showing only the faintest hint of superficial handling wear to the rear board upon the closest inspection. The binding is remarkably tight and square, suggesting the book has scarcely been read and carefully stored. Internally, the pages are crisp, clean, and entirely free of foxing or untoward marks, while the loosely inserted supplementary booklet is similarly well-preserved without curling or creases. An exceptional, collector-quality survivor.

Catalogue Note This is the scarce true first printing of this comprehensive photographic record, published in a strictly limited run of 2,000 copies as stated on the imprint page. The volume was produced in West Germany by the Vitézi Szék (Order of Vitéz), an order of merit founded by Miklós Horthy, in exile, making it a fascinating piece of post-war historical documentation.

Crucially, this copy retains the highly desirable 35-page supplementary booklet ('Catalogue B'), which provides the English translations for the photographic captions, alongside the original folding charts housed securely in the rear pocket. While standard copies sporadically appear on the open market, those retaining both the supplementary translations and the rear-pocket charts in such exceptional physical condition are notably scarce.

Compiled by the exiled Vitézi Szék, this exhaustive illustrated chronicle serves as a vital visual archive of the Royal Hungarian Armed Forces between 1919 and 1945. Boasting nearly 800 photographs, many of which are exceptionally rare or otherwise unpublished, the volume meticulously documents the uniforms, equipment, training, and operational history of the Hungarian military through the inter-war period and the Second World War. Complete with multi-lingual textual support and detailed tactical charts, it stands as an indispensable reference work for dedicated military historians, researchers of Axis-aligned forces, and collectors of highly specialised 20th-century official publications and historical documents.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Vitézi Szék

Book Publisher: Vitézi Szék

Book Language: Hungarian, English, French, German

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: History

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 299

Book Publication Year: 1977

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Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Munich, Germany

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