Talk:Foundations of the Nineteenth Century

It sold millions of copies.

"It sold millions of copies." Is there a source for this statement? - NatAll75 15:59, 18 May 2014 (CEST)

The Foundations sold extensively: eight editions and 60,000 copies within ten years, 100,000 copies by the outbreak of World War I and 24 editions and more than a quarter of a million copies by 1938. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Foundations_of_the_Nineteenth_Century Hu1 16:23, 18 May 2014 (CEST)

Might be a slight exageration. not sure exactly where I got it from now. I shall and try and find a source for you. The English edition sold over 100,000 copies. I expect the German edition ran to many more. Rather surprised to see you citing Wikipedia. to me. haha. Greg Frost 18:33, 18 May 2014 (CEST)

Well, originally they took it from Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, 1959, p.107 of 1985 Bookclub Associates Edition, see:http://www.answers.com/topic/houston-stewart-chamberlain#cite_note-27. Wikipedia is as beliavable, as William ShirerTemplate:Jl for me. Hu1 20:56, 18 May 2014 (CEST)

Ha! Indeed. Shirer is one of the most unreliable biased Yankee journalists ever. Lord Redesdale tells us that the first three German editions sold out in as many years, and that by 1910 eight German editions had been published. He said over 60,000 copies but it is unclear as to whether this is the first three sell-outs or all eight. The Bodley Head in London published the first English language edition in November 1910, a second in January and a third in May 1912 (so two new printings in the space of 5 months), and a fourth in March 1913.Greg Frost 21:09, 18 May 2014 (CEST)