Hellmut Kirst; Richard and Clara Winston [trans.] — The Lieutenant Must Be Mad

London, George G. Harrap, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of German novelist Hellmut Kirst's Third Reich set novel about a Nazi officer's sabotaging of a garrison. In the very scarce original illustrated dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression of Richard and Clara Winston's English language translation of Hellmut Kirst's first novel, a Second World War era novel, telling of a young German officer who sabotages a Nazi garrison.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.A member of the Nazi Party himself, Kirst set the majority of his novels in the Third Reich, with his obituary in the New York Times noting that his novels 'reflect his acceptance of his nation's guilt,' but that some critics 'charged him with trivializing the history of the Third Reich&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light spotting to fore edge of text block. Discolouration to dust wrapper back strip and rear wrap. Significant large closed tear to rear joint. Chipping and losses to back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.