Signed Mein Kampf fetches €35,000

A FIRST edition of Mein Kampf, signed by Adolf Hitler, fetched €35,000 at auction yesterday.

The book, signed by the Nazi leader in ink on the inside, was probably removed from one of Hitler’s offices at the end of World War II.

A third edition copy of what is thought to be the earliest printed book on fishing also went under the hammer at Bloomsbury Auctions in London yesterday.

The Boke of Hawkynge and Huntynge and Fysshynge, attributed to sporting nun Dame Juliana Berners, dates from around 1518.

The only complete copy known to have survived from the third edition fetched €190,000 at the sale.

The book contains an image of an angler which is believed to be the earliest printed illustration of a fisherman.

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 which was sold yesterday the first volume.

About 500 copies were originally printed.