TRUE FIRST PRINTING of the SCARCE GERMAN PHOTOBOOK CLASSIC (there was a reprint much later) - a perfect example for the important period of "New german objectivity ("Neue deutsche Sachlichkeit", Albert Renger-Patzsch and others). With the VERY SCARCE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Mentioned as one of the most important photobooks ever published, here: Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 1, page 112 Welcome to the "GERMAN PHOTOBOOKS" auction by Ecki Heuser (5Uhr30.com, Cologne) - with more than 100 fantastic lots. IF YOU WIN MORE THAN 1 BOOK IN THIS AUCTION, YOU WILL PAY ONLY 1 X SHIPPING COSTS - WORLDWIDE. Verlag Heinrich Ellermann, Hamburg, 1937. First edition, first printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. 221 x 289 mm. 112 pages. 96 black and white photographs. Photos: Alfred Ehrhardt. Introduction by Dr. Kurt Dingelstadt. Text in German. Condition: Book inside and outside excellent, fresh and flawless, clean with no marks and with no foxing; much better than usual (often foxed). Dustjacket fresh, very impressive, almost complete with no remarkable missing parts and much more better than usual; trace of use, some small tears (some of them at the bottom of the spine taped from behind). Overall fresh; fine, much better than usual condition. Fantastic photobook - scarce, especially with the original dustjacket.