Description
This soft bound 200 page official catalog and exhibition guide includes numerous illustrations plus 35 pages of advertising from the First International Crafts Exhibition in 1938. It was held in Berlin from May 28 to July 10. It was held at the exhibition grounds at the Funkturm and was prepared by the Exhibition and Trade Fair Office of Berlin. There are five forwards written by the Reich Minister of Economics, Walter Funk; President of the International Crafts Centre (CIA), Buronzo; Reich Organization Leader, Dr. Rober Ley; Head of German Crafts, Paul Walter; and Reich Crafts Leader, Schramm, each written in four languages including English. Otherwise the book is in German. There are contributions of the participating states of Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Great Britain, Uruguay and Yugoslavia. The cover is slightly tattered and stained, but still intact. The inside pages are near perfect. It still retains its original book mark.
