Description
First edition of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, in dust jacket.
Octavo, [6], 291pp, [3]. Beige cloth, title printed on spine and cover. Stated “First Printing” on copyright page. Previous ownership notation on front free endpaper, dated the month of publication in 1929. Small booksellers label on the front pastedown. Top edge pink.
In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $2.50 net on front flap, with “First American Printing 100,000 Copies” on rear flap, chipping at the head of the spine, short closed tears, free of restoration, a very good example.
All Quiet on the Western Front, written by former German soldier Erich Maria Remarque, details the experiences of German soldiers during World War I. First published serially in Germany in late 1928, by early 1929, it was translated into English. By 1930, the book had been adapted into an Academy Award-winning movie, bringing it worldwide acclaim.
