All Quiet on the Western Front.

Remarque, Erich Maria

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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1929. First American edition. Translated from the German by A. W. Wheen. This is the first novel published by the pseudonymous author, whose real name was Erich Paul Remark. It is based on his own experiences as a young soldier in the first World War, and it stands as one of the most powerful works of anti-war literature ever written. An fine copy in coarse buff cloth, with scarce pictorial dust wrapper, which shows a few nicks on the spine and corners and a 1 by 2 inch piece missing on the back. (Item ID: 22861)