Description
The first edition, early issue of Im Westen Nichts Neues by Erich Maria Remarque, in the publisher’s scarce dust jacket.
Octavo, [288], [1]. Beige cloth, title stamped in black and maroon print. Stated “751-755. Tausend” on title page, placing this printing in August of 1929. Offsetting to endpapers and half title from the dust jacket. Solid text block. Light dust along top edge of text block. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, toning to spine, short closed tears along lower edge, free of restoration. A delicate example, identical to the first state jacket, published in January of 1929.
A scarce example of this important 20th Century work.
All Quiet on the Western Front first appeared in print form on November 10, 1928, being serialized in the Berlin newspaper, Vossische Zeitung, with the early title of “Nichts Neues im Westen.” The book was released on January 31, 1929, with a remarkable 30,000 copies in the initial run. It quickly sold over 450,000 copies and was translated into 26 languages the first year of publication. By August 1929, over 750,000 copies had sold in Germany. (German Bestseller, Richards, p. 55) (C.R. Owen, Remarque, p. 80-85)
