Erich Maria Remarque - Im Westen nichts Neues

Erich Maria Remarque - Im Westen nichts Neues - Berlin - Im Propyläen-Verlag - 1929 - 476.-500.Tausend [= 20.Auflage] - [288] pp - Cloth binding - 14 x 20 cm.

Condition: Good - binding somewhat stained; with ex-libris and a bookstore label ('Boekhandel N. de Roo' in The Hague).

Original German edition of 'All Quiet on the Western Front'; the best-known war novel by the German / American writer Erich Maria Remarque (originally Erich Paul Remark, 1898-1970). Hardback EARLY EDITION. Cf. Schneider 003.

¶ Erich Maria Remarque fought on the Western Front during the First World War until he was wounded by a grenade in Belgium in 1917. He processed his experiences in this story, which was pre-published in the Vossische Zeitung in 1928. The novel became a huge success; around 1930 the circulation exceeded 1 million copies. The sequel, Der Weg zurück, was published in 1931. In 2022, the book was again filmed by Netflix.