Signed Hitler book fetches $43,000
LONDON, England -- A first edition of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf," signed by the author, has been sold for £23,800 ($43,000).
The book is thought to have been removed from one of the Nazi leader's offices at the end of World War II, UK's Press Association reported.
The first edition, which went under the hammer with Bloomsbury Auctions in London, was signed by the Nazi leader in ink on the inside.
Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf" ("My Struggle") after being imprisoned for his part in the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923.
He laid out his views on Aryan purity, world Jewry, and international communism.
"Mein Kampf" was originally called "Four Years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity, and Cowardice" but the title was changed by the publishers.
It was first published in two volumes with the book going under the hammer being the first volume.
About 500 copies of the autobiography and political manifesto were originally printed.
The lot was sold with a signed portrait postcard of Hitler and a signed thank-you card from him.
Two other postcards, also in the lot, showed Hitler and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at Bad Godesberg in western Germany.
The September 1938 meeting ended in disagreement and at the suggestion of Mussolini, a four-power conference was later held in Munich.
