Hitler's infamous manifesto up for auction in UK

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LONDON — A British auction house says a signed copy of Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto "Mein Kampf" is going under the hammer.

Mullock's Auctioneers says the semi-autobiographical book will be auctioned on Thursday in Ludlow, 124 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of London.

Also up for sale will be a 1926 self-portrait of Hitler and a drawing by Queen Victoria.

Richard Westwood-Brookes from Mullock's Auctioneers says the book is expected to fetch 25,000 pounds ($41,500). It is believed to be a prepublication copy given by Hitler to a fellow inmate in 1925 during his four-year prison term in Bavaria.

"Mein Kampf" outlines Hitler's anti-Semitic ideology. It was written in 1924, and was banned from publication in Germany after World War II.