SPEER, Albert. The Slave State. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1981. First edition, includes a 29-line typed letter from Albert Speer, 8vo (233 x 150mm.) (Mild toning.) Original green cloth, dust-jacket (price-clipped). Note: Albert Speer, the ‘Nazi Architect’, was sentenced to twenty years in prison for his close involvement with Hitler and the Nazi’s inner command. He was released in 1966 and his books are a fascinating witness account while also being an attempt to portray himself as unaware of the ‘Final Solution’. However, this has been steadily undermined by research showing that Speer not only knew the fate of the Jews but actively participated in their persecution. This letter, in German and on Speer’s headed paper, is dated March 1969 and mentions the imminent publication of his memoirs in the U.K. in May, 1970. He suggests that while wanting to visit England, he is unsure if he is an ‘unwillkommene Person’ or not. He says he intends to ask his U.K. publisher (‘es wird sicher ein guter sein’ [‘who will certainly be a good one’]) to find out for him. Provenance: from the estate of the late David Sadler.