Hans Grimm (22 March 1875 – 29 September 1959) was a German writer. The title of his 1926 novel Volk ohne Raum became a political slogan of the expansionist Nazi Lebensraum concept.
Bookplate of Otto W.H. Loff on front pastedown of both volumes. Inscribed and signed by Grimm on the ffep of volume 1. Dated November 1927, Windhuk. 683 and 673 pages. These volumes are in very good to near fine condition, seems like they have not been read before.
Grimm's South African sojourn lasted fourteen years, from 1897 to 1911, and it had a profound effect on him: with few minor exceptions all his literary work — several collections of short stories and novels — is set in Southern Africa. His most famous novel is Volk ohne Raum (1926). The programmatic title "A people without space" indicates Grimm's belief that Germany's problems, exacerbated by defeat in the First World War, were caused by its lack of space at home or in overseas colonies: individuals, and therefore the nation, were unable to develop to their fullest potential. The novel established him as one of Germany's leading writers and demonstrated clearly his political sympathies with the political Right in Weimar Germany, and the title became a popular slogan of the National Socialist movement. The commercial success of this work – sales of the single volume edition amounted to 500,000 by 1943 - clearly shows the extent to which it struck a chord with German readers in the 1920s and 1930s. (wikipedia)
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 13 x 20 cm
