DAS DEUTSCHE BUHNENBILD 1933-1936 mit einem Vorwort des Reichsministers Dr. Joseph Goebbels

FIRST EDITION Folio (approx. 33.5 x 25cm) cream linen hardback with red titles to spine and upper board, in unclipped dust jacket. TEXT IN GERMAN. 100pp. plates in colour and b/w, mostly 2 illustrations to a page, some mounted. With a loose 8pp. programmefor Bayerische Staatsoper:Dramaturgische Blatter, Spielzeit 1941-42. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Light soiling to Preface and facing page. Small areas of staining to top edge pf ffepand rear pastedown. 5cmband of staining to top edge of upper board (please see photos). Some tanning to spine and square area of dust jacket spine and font cover (please see photos).Light edgewear with a couple of small areas of loss to top edge of rear cover. A GOOD+ COPY in Good Dust Jacket. This work reviews the stage designs exhibited at the first (and only) design exposition of the Third Reich (1936), produced under the auspices of the Reichministers for People's Enlightenment and Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. The work displays 45 approved scenic designers whose productions were mounted between 1933 and 1936 including Lotte Brill, Emil Preetorius,William Reinking, Alfred Roller and many others. From the Preface "The all-changing ideas of the Nationalist-Socialist Revolution have naturally changed the face of stage design in Germany. It is no longer a purpose unto itself, but a servant to the German people as a visual mediator between stage scenery and audience."