"All Quiet on the Western Front", by Erich Maria Remarque, translated from the German by A.W. Wheen, published by Little and Brown, Boston, true first edition, first printing, June 1929

The Greatest Novel about the First World War and an International Bestseller "All Quiet on the Western Front" is probably the most famous anti-war novel ever written. The story is told by a young 'unknown soldier' in the trenches of Flanders during the First World War. Through his eyes we see all the realities of war; under fire, on patrol, waiting in the trenches, at home on leave, and in hospitals and dressing stations. Although there are vividly described incidents which remain in mind, there is no sense of adventure here, only the feeling of youth betrayed and a deceptively simple indictment of war - of any war - told for a whole generation of victims.

Erich Maria Remarque (22 June 1898 - 25 September 1970), born Erich Paul Remark, was a German writer.

During World War I, Remarque was conscripted into the army at the age of 18. On 12 June 1917, he was transferred to the Western Front, 2nd Company, Reserves, Field Depot of the 2nd Guards Reserve Division at Hem-Lenglet. On 26 June, he was posted to the 15th Reserve Infantry Regiment, 2nd Company, Engineer Platoon Bethe, and was stationed between Torhout and Houthulst. On 31 July, he was wounded by shrapnel in the left leg, right arm and neck, and was repatriated to an army hospital in Germany where he spent the rest of the war.
His best known work, "All Quiet on the Western Front" ("Im Westen nichts Neues"), was written in a few months in 1927, but Remarque was not immediately able to find a publisher. The novel, published in 1929, described the experiences of German soldiers during World War I. A number of similar works followed; in simple, emotive language they described wartime and the postwar years.

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Hard boards, original publisher's cloth [very little soiling: see picture]; 5.1/4" x 8"; 291 pages, nice ex-libris (private book plate) inside cover [see picture]; clean pages, very good binding and condition.