All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
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About This Item
All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque. First edition, first printing (stated).
Dust Jacket: Very Good. An unclipped jacket with original price $2.50 on inside flap. The jacket has a small piece missing on spine and along front border. Hardcover: Very Good+ Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1929. Oatmeal cloth with black/red lettering on cover and spine. No writing or markings in the book, 291 pp. The dust jacket and hardcover have all the first edition points. Translated by A.W. Wheen.
The true first edition was published in Germany in January 1929. The famous World War I novel in English translation - originally published in German as "Im Westen Nichts Neues" just five months earlier. It was adapted to award-winning films in 1930, and 2022 as a Netflix film.
100,000 copies first American edition
Synopsis
All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. The book is narrated by Paul Bäumer, a young soldier who enlists in the German army during World War I. It follows the experiences of Bäumer and his comrades as they confront the harsh realities of trench warfare and struggle to cope with the physical and psychological trauma of the war. The novel is a powerful and poignant critique of the futility and brutality of war, and its impact on the lives of soldiers who are often treated as mere cannon fodder by their superiors. Remarque's masterful prose and vivid descriptions of the horrors of war make All Quiet on the Western Front a classic of modern literature. In 1930, the novel was adapted into an acclaimed film directed by Lewis Milestone. It was the first talkie war film to win an Oscar. In 1979 it was adapted again into a television film by Delbert Mann starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine. In 2022 a new film was released directed by Edward Berger. This last adaptation won four Oscars.
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- Bookseller
- Burning Tree Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BTB00375
- Title
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Author
- Erich Maria Remarque
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1929
- Pages
- 291
- Size
- Aqqq
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- First edition, war, military, Great War books, Erich Maria Remarque, all quiet on the western front
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