Ex Libris Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg

Maria von Rumänien (Maria of Yugoslavia). Traum und Leben einer Königin.

Leipzig, Paul List Verlag, (1935).

8vo. 391, (1) pp. With portrait frontispiece. Publisher's giltstamped blue cloth.

 850.00

First German edition; previously published in English as "The Story of My Life" and translated by the author.

From the library of the German diplomat Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg (1875-1944), one of the conspirators against Hitler, with his handwritten ownership "Berlin 3. 12. 1935" on the title-page and date "Bln. Dezemb. 1935" on the flyleaf; his bookplate is on the front pastedown. For his involvement in the tragically failed plot of 20 July 1944, Schulenburg was executed on November 10.

A finely preserved copy.

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