Another cheap book

[joerookery]

I'm not doing a good job convincing anybody that my taste in books is good however, this one is worth looking at and will probably go quite cheap.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250163164456&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=015

There was an entire genre of the service instruction books issued annually. These are private enterprises mostly written by active-duty officers. They came in many denominations from hardback to paperback some with more color lithographs than others. The single most popular one was called Major Menzel's and had a huge circulation at the start of the war. The smaller kingdoms had their own books. This one from Saxony looks good -- lots and lots of facts and drawings in these books. In general -- and I do mean as a generalization -- books closer to 1900 seem to have more pictures. Those printed mid-war can sometimes be very basic -- but then there were deluxe models like this one.

This guy has a more basic model also listed.
http://cgi.ebay.com/GERMAN-WW-I-TRANSFELDS-INFANTERISTEN-Manual-1916-Book_W0QQitemZ250163451661QQihZ015QQcategoryZ29223QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Bidding currently is at one cent.

 

[Gustaf]

Hey Joe,
Thanks for getting my hopes up, I am high bidder on both books, but that will not last.
Gus

 

[Gustaf]

By the way, I thought I would mention, I had not seen these until you posted this, and I would not expect any one to hold their bids just because I have bid, it is a public auction, and the only way you can win is to bid.
Gus