People's Association of Book Friends

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The Volksverband der Bücherfreunde (VdB) was a German book club that had its own publishing house.

history

The People's Association of Book Friends was founded in 1919 in Berlin by entrepreneur and publisher Robert Achenbach. The aim of the book club was to make German and world literature accessible to the population at low prices despite the difficult economic times after the First World War . The association published the books in its own publishing house: Wegweiser-Verlag , founded in the legal form of a GmbH, had its registered office in Berlin, Rankestrasse 34. Every year, special volumes were issued containing excerpts from the latest works. Numerous volumes for the selection series were also published, but without specifying the year of publication. From 1923 to 1930 Otto Gysae was the managing director, and from 1925 to 1933 the literary scholar Hugo Bieber was responsible for designing the literary program.

In 1924 the association had 190,000 members, in 1929 almost 600,000, in 1932 750,000. The association opened a new head office in Berlin with 300 employees. At this time, literary and musical evenings were organized in various cities. a. Friedrich Kayßler , Thomas Mann , Arthur Berger, Ricarda Huch , Hertha Dehmlow and Ernst Wolff gave readings.

After the seizure of power of the Nazis , the association could no longer maintain its principles of non-political and impartial dissemination of literature and lost members and its charitable character. In 1942 it had 135,000 members. In 1961 there were 35,000.

program

The program selected here lists exemplary titles from German literature and world literature. Eberhard and Heribert Amtmann have compiled an extensive list of the verifiable titles of the Volksverband der Bücherfreunde (Amtmann Bibliography).

1919 to 1923

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

  • Leo Frobenius : From the cultural realm of the mainland. Documents on cultural physiognomics . With 26 maps, 15 plates after pen drawings by Elisabeth Mannsfeld. 1st volume of the 5th annual series. 344 pp. (A publication by the Research Institute for Culture Morphology).
  • Lion Feuchtwanger : The Ugly Duchess . 2nd volume of the 5th annual series. Commissioned work by the VdB.
  • Hans Christian Andersen : Fairy Tales Volume 2. Translated by Marietta Kohlhaas. Special series of the VdB. 382 pp.
  • Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev : Rudin . An aristocratic nest . Translated from the Russian by Gregor Jarcho . 1st volume of the 8th special series; No. 1305 Official Bibliography.
  • Louis Couperus : Heracles . Only authorized transfer from Else Otten . 9th special series. 374 p .; No. 182 Official Bibliography.
  • Annette von Droste-Hülshoff : Selected works . Edited by Fritz Dropp. 2nd volume of the 9th special series. (1923). 352 pp.
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : Letters to Frau von Stein . With the diary from Italy and letters from Frau von Stein, in 4 volumes. Published by Richard Müller-Freienfels . 3rd volume of the 9th special series of the VdB. 204 pp.
  • Gottfried Keller : Zurich Novellas . Edited by Philipp Witkop . 5th volume of the 9th special series of the VdB. (1923). 542 pp.
  • Plato : Plato's banquet . In German by Fritz Norden . 6th volume of the 9th special series of the VdB. (1923). 154 pp.
  • Fritz Reuter : Dörchläuchting. De mecklnbörgschen Montecchi un Capuletti or De Reis' near Constantinople. Published by Paul Warncke . 7th volume of the 9th special series. (1923). 520 pp.
  • Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (1785-1858): Memories of my own life . Edited and introduced by Joachim Kühn . 10th volume of the 9th special series of the VdB. (1923). 470 pp.
  • Theodor Kappstein : The religions of mankind . Volume 1: Introduction, China, Japan, Egypt, Babylonian-Assyrians, Parsis, India, Greeks, Romans, Germanic tribes, Islam, indigenous people Special series of the VdB. (1923).
  • Theodor Kappstein : The religions of mankind . Volume 2: Judaism and Christianity. Special series of the VdB. (1923). 2nd expanded edition
  • Giovanni Boccaccio : The ninth novella of the tenth day from the Dekameron . The translation was done by Karl Federn . Adolf Propp drew the cover . Lovers print of the people's association for book lovers. (1923). 50 pp.

1924 to 1928

1924

1925

  • Clara Viebig : Long live art! Novel. No. 1334 Amtmann Bibliography.
  • Curt Moreck : Friedrich Rotbart's life and deeds . No. 942 Amtmann Bibliography.
  • Arnold Zweig : Rainbow . Stories.
  • Richard Müller-Freienfels : The soul of everyday life. A psychology for everyone . 3rd volume of the 6th annual series. 404 p.
  • Georg Lill : German sculpture . 4th volume of the 6th annual series.
  • Max von Boehn : The dance . With 32 b / w pictures. 2nd volume of the 7th annual series. 268 pp.
  • Kurt Aram : The Goths Luck and End . Three books of contemplation and exaltation, retold from the sources by Kurt Aram. The cover was designed by Prof. Edmund Schaefer . Selection series 1925. 456 pp.
  • Hugo Bieber : The way of the German poetry. From the beginning to Goethe . VdB selection series. (1925). 326 pp.
  • Elisabeth Heydemann-Möhring : Lower Saxony novels (6 novellas). VdB selection series. 340 pp.
  • The book of Tobias . With 12 etchings by Walter Wellenstein . Afterword by Karl Ruhkopf . VdB selection series. (1925). 34 pp.
  • Hiking trips . Almanac of the People's Association of Book Friends. With 16 illustrations after watercolors by Alfred Gelbhaar . VdB selection series. (1925). 160 pp.
  • Otto Güntter : Schiller in the Karlsschule . With 8 illustrations. Lovers print 6 of the VdB. 1925. 96 pp.
  • Franz Grillparzer : The poor minstrel . With pictures by Erich Büttner . Fan print 7 of the VdB. 1925. 102 pp.
  • Hans Ossenbach : Hikers in the Unknown . Volume of the 7th annual series of the VdB. 1925. 388 pp.

1926

  • Joris-Karl Huysmans : The Cathedral . Novel. Translated from the French by Hedda Eulenberg .
  • Jack London : The mistress of the big house. Translated from the English by Erwin Magnus .
  • Werner Bergengruen : The big alcohol magazine . Novel. 3rd volume of the 7th annual series. 372 pp.
  • Friedrich von Lucanus : In the magic of animal life . 4th volume of the 7th annual series; No. 882 Amtmann Bibliography.
  • Wolfgang Goetz : The Grail Miracle . A very strange novel. 1st volume of the 8th annual series. 370 pp.
  • Erwin Drinneberg : From Ceylon to the Himalayas . A travel book by Erwin Drinneberg. With 41 original photos by the author. Erwin Drinneberg designed the cover. 2nd volume of the 8th annual series 1926. 360 pp.
  • Gustav Freytag : Debit and credit . Novel in 6 books. (Volume 1.2). Edited with an afterword by Heinrich Spiero . Selection series (1926)

1927

  • Gustave Flaubert : Three Stories . From the French by Gerta and August Brücher . No. 327 Official Bibliography.
  • Sigfrid Siwertz : The Mälarpiraten .
  • Max Brod : The woman you long for . Novel.
  • Ernst Heilborn : Between two revolutions. The spirit of the Schinkel period (1789–1848) . 3rd volume of the 8th annual series. 320 p. No. 587 Official Bibliography.
  • Richard Arnold Bermann : The jungle ship. A book from the Amazon River. With 8 colored pictures after watercolors by Franz Heckendorf . 4th volume of the 8th annual series. 254 pp.
  • Heinrich Hubert Houben : The call of the north. Adventure and heroism of the North Pole drivers . With 11 illustrations, 6 maps. 2nd volume of the 9th annual series. 320 pp.
  • Hermann Degering (Ed.): The Bible or all of the Holy Scriptures . German by Martin Luther . Edited after the edition from 1545 and with the picture decorations of the parchment copy of the edition from 1541 in the Prussian State Library, which was illuminated by Lucas Cranach for Prince Johann II of Anhalt. Kurt Siebert designed the binding based on contemporary motifs from the property of the Prussian State Library in Berlin. The printing was done by Otto Elsner K.-G., Berlin. The bookbinding work by the bookbinding department of the Volksverband der Bücherfreunde, Berlin. Made as a master print by the Volksverband der Bücherfreunde. With colored illustrations. (1927). Volume 1 (Old Testament). 968 pp.
  • Gotthold Ephraim Lessing : Fables . With illustrations based on original hand drawings by Käthe Olshausen-Schönberger . Introduced by J. Petersen. Lovers print of the people's association for book lovers. 1927. 70 pp.

1928

1929 to 1932

1929

  • Miguel de Unamuno : Peace in War . A novel from the Carlist uprising . Authorized translation from Spanish by Otto Buek . No. 1315 Bailiff Bibliography.
  • Hermann Sudermann : In the twilight. Casual stories . No. 1269 Official Bibliography.
  • Hans Friedrich Blunck : Land of the volcanoes .
  • Ludwig Zukowsky: Carl Hagenbeck's empire. A German animal paradise . No. 1435 Amtmann Bibliography.
  • Otto Zoff : The lovers . Novel. 1st volume of the 11th (General) JR (1929). 384 pp.
  • Rudolf Lämmel : Modern science and the cosmos . 1st volume of the 1st scientific JR (W). (1929). 270 pp.
  • Alfred Weise: From the wild path to the motor road . Forays into the history of transport. 2nd volume of the 1st scientific JR (W). (1929). 288 pp.
  • Ernst Waldschmidt : The legend of the life of the Buddha . In excerpts from the sacred texts - from Sanskrit, Pali and Chinese. Translated and introduced by Ernst Waldschmidt. VdB selection series. (1929). 248 pp.
  • Robert Genin : The distant island, notes from my trip to Bali in words and pictures .

1930

1931

1932

  • Klabund : Bracke. A Eulenspiegel novel .
  • Arthur Berger (Ed.): With Sven Hedin through Asia's deserts . According to the diary of the film operator of the expedition Paul Lieberenz, edited by Dr. Arthur Berger. With 16 illustrations (and list of illustrations). 4th vol. Of the 13th (general) JR. 384 pp.
  • Sinclair Lewis : Falcon Flight . Novel. From the American by Franz Fein .
  • Heinrich Hubert Houben : Christoph Columbus. Tragedy of an explorer. Historical narrative. 3rd volume of the 13th (general) JR. 384 pp.
  • Hans Watzlik : The Leturn Hut . Novel. 2nd vol. Of the 14th (General) JR. 382 pp.
  • Hugo Bieber : Goethe in the XX. Century . In the 13th book year of the 3rd volume of the 3rd Wiss. JR (W). (1932). 284 pp.
  • Kurt Herzberg : character research. Master of human knowledge . In the 13th book year of the 4th volume of the 3rd Wiss. JR (W). (1932). 252 pp.
  • Friedrich Würzbach : Recognize and experience: the "big head" and the "favorite of nature" . 1st volume of the 4th science JR (W). (1932). 282 pp.
  • Richard H. Grützmacher : This side and the next in the intellectual history of mankind . 2nd volume of the 4th science JR (W). (1932). 292 pp.

1933 to 1945

1933

  • Guy de Pourtalès : Richard Wagner . Man and master . Translated from the French by Anton Mayer . No. 1026 Official Bibliography.
  • Werner Schendell : A bushel of salt. The deaf flower . Novel and narrative. No. 1109 Official Bibliography.
  • William Quindt : The Tiger Akbar . Novel.
  • Karl Kinndt : Law of Chance . Novel. No. 747 Official Bibliography.
  • Alfons von Czibulka : The Mint Tower . Novel. Fritz Eggers drew the cover. 1st vol. Of the 15th (General) JR. (1933). 384 pp.
  • Arthur Mendt : Technology in the crisis of our time . 3rd volume of the 4th science JR (W). (1933). 278 pp.

1934

  • Arnold Krieger : Man without a people . Novel. 3rd volume of the 15th (General) JR. 480 p.
  • Margarete Fischer : Young teacher Sturm . Novel. 4th vol. Of the 15th (General) JR. 400 pp.
  • Alfred Funke : Paradise in the jungle . Novel. 2nd vol. Of the 16th (general) JR. 472 pp.
  • Josef Maria Frank : The last four of St. Paul . Novel. VdB selection series. 384 pp.

1935

  • Arthur Theodor Gruelich : threads of fate across the Atlantic . Novel. 1st volume of the 17th (general) JR. 384 pp.
  • Hans Watzlik : The Coronation Opera. A Mozart novel. 2nd vol. Of the 17th (General) JR. With 1 ill. WA Mozart, 384 p.
  • Werner Heider : The importance of world currents for people and land. A cultural and geographical hike. With 10 art sheets by Oskar Fischer . In the 17th book year of the 1st volume of the 7th Wiss. JR. (W). 320 pp.
  • Fyodor M. Dostoevsky : The player . Novel. From the notes of a young person. German broadcast by Oskar Schweizer . Binding by FA Endres. 4th edition. Selection series. (around 1935). 236 pp.
  • Oskar Gluth : Sun over Munich . A novel at the turn of the century. VdB selection series. 350 pp.

1936

  • Wilhelm Hegeler : The decision. Novel from the fateful years of 1812 . 1st volume of the 18th (general) JR. 384 pp.
  • Rudolf Dammert : Men around Saskia . A woman's fate from the Fugger period. Novel. 2nd volume of the 18th (general) JR. (1936). 386 pp.
  • Hans Dominik : atomic weight 500 . Novel. VdB selection series. (1936) 318 pp.
  • Ernst Wolfgang Freißler : The thunderstorm year . Novel. VdB selection series. 334 pp.
  • August Heinrich Kober : Why are you crying, great clown? . Novel. VdB selection series. 244 pp.

1937

  • Tamara Solonevich : Behind the scenes of the Soviet propaganda. Experiences of a Soviet Interpreter , Translated from the Russian by Dr. Bernhard Schulze , 1937
  • Karl Döhring : Escape from Buddha's Law . Princess Amarin's love. Novel. 4th vol. Of the 18th (general) JR. (1937) 384 pp.
  • Helvett Hoffmann-Ostenhof : Woman in the hair dryer . Novel. 1st volume of the 19th (general) JR. 350 pp.
  • Martin Müller : The way of the healing art. From the course of development of medicine in ancient and modern times . In the 19th book year of the 1st volume of the Wiss. JR. (W). 320 pp.
  • Warwick Deeping : Outsider to Society. Novel. Transfer by Curt Thesing . VdB selection series. (1937). 444 pp.
  • Hans Dominik : The steel secret . Novel. VdB selection series (1937). 328 pp.
  • PC Ettighoffer : Verdun . The great judgment. With 31 illustrations, 1 map. Printed by C. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh. VdB selection series (1937). 308 pp.
  • Josef Maria Frank : The little novels of the foolish heart . VdB selection series. 302 pp.

1938

  • Lloyd C. Douglas : Green light . Novel. Only authorized translation by Karl Döhring . Friedrich Winkelmann drew the cover . 4th volume of the 19th (general) annual series (1938). 352 pp.
  • Ursula Kobbe : palette and mask. Novel of an artist marriage . 2nd volume of the 20th (general) annual series. 384 pp.
  • Willi Enke : Origin and nature of the disease. With the assistance of Elisabeth Enke. In the 20th book year of the 2nd volume of the annual scientific series (W) (1938). 272 pp.
  • Erich Schneider : rays and waves . A physical overview of their technical and medical applications and their significance for the development of the modern worldview. Volume of the annual scientific series. (1938). 320 pp.
  • Warwick Deeping : The Court of Destiny . Novel. Only authorized transfer of Marguerite Thesing . Printed by Oswald Schmidt GmbH, Leipzig. 141-142. Td. of the total print run. The English original edition was published under the title Doomsday by Cassell & Co. Ltd., London. VdB selection series. (1938). 396 pp.
  • Warwick Deeping : Restlessness of the Heart . Novel. Translated into German by Curt Thesing . (68th – 70th thousand of the total circulation). VdB selection series. (1938). 324 pp.
  • Hans Dominik : Rays of Life . Novel. VdB selection series. (1938). 330 pp.
  • Ludwig Ganghofer : The Unfried . Novel. Complete original edition. VdB selection series. (1938). 350 pp.
  • Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen: My war diary . The memories of the mother of the red fighter pilot. With a foreword by Hermann Göring . VdB selection series. (1938). 196 pp.

1939

  • Wolfgang Hartmann : Verena Calonder. A novel by a Swiss family of doctors . 4th volume of the 20th (general) annual series. 384 pp.
  • Wilhelm Treue : The change in lifestyle. A mirror of times and peoples . Volume 3 of the annual scientific series (W) in the 20th book year. (1939). 312 pp.
  • Justus Franz Wittkop : Ostracized Ships. A novel from the pirate era in West India . 2nd volume of the 21st (general) annual series. 384 pp.
  • Franz Dörbeck : chemistry and medicine . A biological-chemical overview. Volume 2 of the annual scientific series (W) in the 21st year of the book. (1939) 304 pp.
  • Warwick Deeping : Kitty . Novel. Translated into German by Curt Thesing . VdB selection series. (1939). 408 pp.
  • Hans Dominik : Heavenly Force . Novel. VdB selection series (1939). 306 pp.
  • PC Ettighoffer : From Devil's Island to Life . VdB selection series. (1939). 366 pp.

1940

  • Frank E. Christoph : The hacienda. The novel of a coffee plantation . 3rd volume of the 21st (general) annual series. 384 S. [Frank E. Christoph is a pseudonym for Christoph Franke].
  • Paul Georg Münch : Frank Anders fur goods . A business novel from Leipzig. 1st volume of the 22nd (general) annual series. (1940). 382 pp.
  • Otto Ehrhart : Troll, the lucky fisherman . Novel. VdB selection series. (1940). 252 pp.
  • PC Ettighoffer : Ghosts on the Dead Man . VdB selection series. (1940). 324 pp.
  • Gustav Frenssen : Jörn Uhl . Novel. VdB selection series. (1940). 446 pp.
  • Ludwig Ganghofer : The Unfried . Novel. Complete original edition. VdB selection series. (1940). 350 pp.
  • Rudolf Haas : The tall Christoph. Roman from Carinthia . VdB selection series. 318 pp.
  • Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm . Karl Hobrecker made the selection . With 100 pictures after watercolors by Ruth Koser-Michaëls . VdB selection series. (1940). 428 pp.
  • Ernst Moritz Mungenast : The Cavalier . Novel. VdB selection series. (1940). 524 pp.
  • Gustav Schröer : The avalanche of St. Thomas . A novel from the mountains. VdB selection series. (1940). 358 pp.
  • Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel : Riddle of the primeval forest hell . Advance into unexplored primeval forests of the Amazon River. With diary reports of his fellow hunting and aviator Gerd Kahle. VdB selection series. (1940). 210 pp.
  • Hans Stosch-Sarrasani : Through the world in a big top . VdB selection series. (1940). 328 pp.

1941

1942

  • Michael Zorn : Eisen Immerdar . Novel. 4th volume of the 23rd (general) annual series. 384 pp.
  • Wilhelm Treue , Hildegard, Treue: Maria Sibylla . The life novel by the German artist and researcher Maria Sibylla Merian . 1st volume of the 24th (general) annual series. (1942). 384 pp.
  • Ursula Kobbe : The fight with the reservoir . Novel. 2nd volume of the 24th (general) annual series. (1942/43). 382 pp.
  • Bruno H. Bürgel : One hundred days of sunshine. A book from Sunday and everyday life . Selection series. 304 pp.
  • Susanne Kerckhoff : The magical year . Novel. VdB selection series. (1942) 284 pp.
  • Fritz Scheffel : Glass miracles . Three men create a work. Zeiss . Abb . Bulkhead . VdB selection series (1942). 328 pp.
  • Elisabeth Schucht : A woman is flying to the Far East . VdB selection series. (1942) 384 pp.
  • Hans Wörner : King on the Jykän . Novel. 1942 in the selection series. 272 pp.

1943

  • Ines Angelika Mosig : My dear husband! . Field post letters from a young woman. By Ines Angelika Mosig. VdB selection series. (1943). 158 pp.
  • Bertold Keppelmueller : The Law of the Stars. Johannes Keppler's novel of life . VdB selection series. (1943) 296 pp.
  • Ursula Kobbe : Mannus and Manda . Novel. VdB selection series. (1943). 248 pp.
  • Arnold Krieger : The Dark Order . Novel. VdB selection series. (1943). 644 pp.
  • Erich Schneider : The starry sky above me . A generally understandable celestial science. VdB selection series. (1943). 444 pp.

1944

  • Arthur Berger : Animal Tales from Overseas . 25 years VdB, 1919 - February 1944. 1944 in the VdB selection series. 360 p.
  • FM Fellmann : Tsai-Yong and the poet . Novel. 25 years VdB, 1919 - February 1944. 1944 in the VdB selection series. 208 S. [FM Fellmann is a pseudonym for Maria Fellmann].
  • Karl von Frisch : You and life . (With numerous b / w figs., IV colored plates, index of names and subject matter, index of sources). 25 years VdB, 1919 - February 1944. Printed by Deutscher Verlag, Berlin 1944. 1944 in the VdB selection series. 380 p.

After 1945

1947

1948

1949

1957

  • Children's heart and mind. Selected stories and instructive essays for our favorites . With illustrations. Wegweiser-Verlag Vienna, 1957, 160 pp.

Reprints

  • The Nibelung's distress. In Simrock's translation based on the verse of Hundeshagen's handwriting. Edited and edited with your pictures by Hermann Degering . Reprint of the original edition (Volksverband der Bücherfreunde. Wegweiser-Verlag GmbH, Berlin, 1924). Limited special edition. Archiv-Verlag, Braunschweig (2003). XII, 266 pp.

Selection series (editions of the selection series without indication of the year)

  • Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach stories. Selection series of the VdB (no year) and is only given to members, the printing was done in Korpus Mainzer Fraktur by the book printer Herrosé & Ziemsen GmbH, Wittenberg (district Halle)
  • Theodor Fontane : Effi Briest . Novel. With an afterword by Martin Sommerfeld. VdB selection series (no year), 338 pp.
  • John Galsworthy : Beyond . Novel. Translated from English by Hermynia zur Mühlen. VdB selection series (no year), 384 pp.
  • Maxim Gorki : My companion and other stories . (Seven stories.) 2nd edition. VdB selection series (no year), 280 pp.
  • Tryggve Gran : where the southern lights flare . Scott's last South Pole expedition and what I experienced there. Only authorized German edition. Translated from the Norwegian by Dr. Adrian Mohr. With 8 b / w illustrations and a map sketch. VdB selection series (no year), 232 p. American copyright by Major Tryggve Gran.
  • Wilhelm Hauff : Lichtenstein . A romantic legend from the history of Württemberg. VdB selection series (no year), 392 pp.
  • Paul Heyse : Novellas from Lake Garda (6 novellas). VdB selection series (no year), 364 pp.
  • Hermann Horn : The Aeolus Team . Novel. VdB selection series (no year), 394 pp.

literature

  • The work of the Association of Book Friends. Signpost, Berlin 1924.
  • Publishing Directory . New Christmas publications 1932/33. Wegweiser-Verlag GmbH, Berlin (1932).
  • Eberhard Amtmann, Heribert Amtmann: VdB Bibliography. History and index of the verifiable titles of the “Volksverband der Bücherfreunde” and the “Weltgeistbücherei”. Amtmann, Heidelberg 1999. ISBN 3-9806182-0-X .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Joseph Pischel: Lion Feuchtwanger . Röderberg, Frankfurt am Main 1984, p. 66.
  2. ^ Eberhard Amtmann, Heribert Amtmann: VdB Bibliography. History and index of the verifiable titles of the “Volksverband der Bücherfreunde” and the “Weltgeistbücherei”. Amtmann, Heidelberg 1999. ISBN 3-9806182-0-X .
  3. ↑ GVK - Common Union Catalog - 2.1