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All Quiet On the Western Front [very early edition]
by Remarque, Erich Maria
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1929. 8vo. Sixth Impression, 320 pp. Grey cloth with green lettering to front and spine, in very attractive and uncommon jacket with skull, helmet and rat design in quite German Expressionist style - this still has 'German Opinions' on the front flap, and no English press. Top edge green. Jacket chipped along top edge, especially at both spine ends. Binding slanted but firm. Light speckling to edge, but internally clean and bright. Published April 1929 - 1 month after the First Edition. . Very Good. Cloth. 6th Impression. 1929.
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
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68066
- Title
- All Quiet On the Western Front [very early edition]
- Author
- Remarque, Erich Maria
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 6th Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons 1929
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- German Literature,Novel,First World War,WW1,World War I,Anti war,, Film ,All Quiet On the Western Front,Remarque
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Performing Arts - Theatre / Dance;
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