Erich Maria Remarque — All Quiet on the Western Front

London, G. P. Putnam's Sons , 1929. Cloth. An early English edition of this seminal war novel from Erich Maria Remarque, published two months after the first impression. An early impression of this English translation, published May 1929, "completing 60,000". Translated from the German by A. W. Wheen. Published two months after the first English impression and four months after the true first edition in German (Im Westen nichts Neues). With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. Regarded by many as one of the greatest war novels of all time, All Quiet on the Western Front narrates the horror and disillusionment felt by a young soldier in the trenches. The semi-autobiographical work has been given three film adaptations and is based heavily on the experiences of the author, Erich Maria Remarque, and his service in the Imperial German Army during the Great War. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with slight toning to the cloth and a mark to the front joint. Dust wrapper is chipped to the spine and rear, with open tears to the heads and tails of the folds. Tape repairs to the closed tears to spine and rear panel. Handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional scattered spotting. Reference number ink impression to front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.