Quiet Western Front by Erich Maria, Signed (9 results)

Condition: Fair. SIGNED! Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930. Reprint edition. Sm 8vo hardcover. 291pp. O'Hara's copy with her signature (Mary Sture Vasa) to the front endpage. Fair book. No dust jacket. Cover soiled with a dampstained spine and rear board. The spine is also a bit sunken and deformed from water exposure. Slightly dampstained inside. From the library of author and Hollywood screenwriter Mary O'Hara. O'Hara, sometimes known as Mary O'Hara Alsop, Mary O'Hara Parrot and Mary Sture-Vasa, was also an accomplished pianist and composer. Her works include My Friend Flicka, Thunderhead and Green Grass of Wyoming. (World War I, War Stories, Historical Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase Very Good. John Groth (illustrator). The Limited Editions Club 1st Ed Thus. The Limited Editions Club (1969.) Hardcover in slipcase without dust jacket as issued. 4to with 221 pages. Illustrated by John Groth and signed by him on the limitation page. This copy is number 1477 of 1500 copies. The book and slipcase are in very good condition with some toning to edges and fading to spine. Toning to edges of slipcase. Interior is clean and tight. Beautifully illustrated. Pictures available upon request. (No glassine dust jacket or limited editions club letter.) "The story follows teenagers Paul Bäumer and his friends Albert and Müller, who voluntarily enlist in the German army, riding a wave of patriotic fervor.the initial excitement is soon shattered by the grim reality of life in the trenches.the effect of war on young men." Black spine/Gold text. Green slipcase. #033711 Size: 4to. Signed. Literature / WWI.

Gouache on paper, mounted on artist's board; a little rubbed & marked, evidence of removal from frame on verso. 37.5 x 27.5cm. Signed 'Nina Robbins, 1/6/48' in pencil on verso. An extraordinary and striking design for a later English-language edition of Remarque's landmark First World War novel, which first appeared in 1929. This artwork was produced shortly after the Second World War and is imbued with the utter horror of both conflicts. A skull stares out from black surroundings, broken up only by crosses; the crosses are incomplete and indistinct, very much part of the background, and only the emblem of death is whole and in focus. It is unclear why or by whom the design was created - no publisher is listed, so it may have been produced speculatively. The spine is priced at 3/6, indicating possible plans for a cheap edition (the 1929 first edition retailed at 7/6). It is unlikely that the design ever saw the light of day: OCLC lists a 1948 Putnam edition, but no location is given and it may not exist. The British appetite for the novel seems to have been slender in the aftermath of World War Two, and it would not appear in the U.K. again until 1954. The story, regrettably, remains relevant today and the 2022 German film adaptation has been extremely well received. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 5th or later Edition. A wonderful and scarce association copy of the classic war novel, signed with significant inscription to the front endpaper. Book is quite nice with some dusting and light wear to top edge, but otherwise near fine. Octavo, grey cloth boards, red and black lettering, 291 pages, dust jacket missing. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Wheen (illustrator). 1st Edition. B USO G1: This first editon first printing, stated first printing, is very good with light cover wear, no dj. SIGNED by the auther Remarque at the top of the title page. Gray Black title. Signed by Author(s).

First American edition of this landmark novel of the 20th century. Octavo, original beige cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, To Mary Constance Ryder with my best wishes- New York July 1945 Eric Maria Remarque." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips and light wear. Jacket design by Paul Wenck. Translated by A.W. Wheen. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed and inscribed first editions are rare. Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. And as horrible war plods on year after year, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principles of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against each other--if only he can come out of the war alive. "The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure" (The New York Times Book Review). It is the basis for the 1930 film directed by Lewis Milestone, with the screenplay by Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews, C. Gardner Sullivan, starring Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, and Ben Alexander. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1930 for its producer Carl Laemmle Jr., the Academy Award for Directing for Lewis Milestone, and the Academy Award for Outstanding Production. It was the first all-talking non-musical film to win the Best Picture Oscar. It was adapted again in 1979 by Delbert Mann, this time as a television film starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine.

First American edition of this landmark novel of the 20th century. Octavo, original beige cloth. Signed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "1st June Eric Maria Remarque." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Wenck. Translated by A.W. Wheen. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Signed and inscribed first editions are rare. Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. And as horrible war plods on year after year, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principles of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against each other--if only he can come out of the war alive. "The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure" (The New York Times Book Review). It is the basis for the 1930 film directed by Lewis Milestone, with the screenplay by Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews, C. Gardner Sullivan, starring Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, and Ben Alexander. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1930 for its producer Carl Laemmle Jr., the Academy Award for Directing for Lewis Milestone, and the Academy Award for Outstanding Production. It was the first all-talking non-musical film to win the Best Picture Oscar. It was adapted again in 1979 by Delbert Mann, this time as a television film starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine.

First edition in English of this landmark novel of the 20th century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With the compliments and thanks to Geor Henry Gribb! Erich Maria Remarque." With a type letter from the author dated in 28th February, 1929 from Remarque attached to the front pastedown. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. With the original publisher's list and catalogues card laid in. Translated by A.W. Wheen. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed and inscribed, with only one example appearing at auction in the last 90 years. Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. And as horrible war plods on year after year, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principles of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against each other--if only he can come out of the war alive. "The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure" (The New York Times Book Review). It is the basis for the 1930 film directed by Lewis Milestone, with the screenplay by Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews, C. Gardner Sullivan, starring Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, and Ben Alexander. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1930 for its producer Carl Laemmle Jr., the Academy Award for Directing for Lewis Milestone, and the Academy Award for Outstanding Production. It was the first all-talking non-musical film to win the Best Picture Oscar. It was adapted again in 1979 by Delbert Mann, this time as a television film starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine and again in 2022, winning four Academy Awards, directed by Edward Berger, starring Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Bruhl, Sebastian Hulk, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic, and Devid Striesow.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition in book form of this iconic novel. A presentation copy signed and inscribed by Erich Maria Remarque on the front free endpaper, "This first edition copy with pleasure to Arthur W. Kelly." Kelly was a British film executive and perhaps Remarque was shopping his novel around for a potential film adaptation. In 1930, the novel was adapted into a critically acclaimed film directed by Lewis Milestone, and was the first talkie war film to win an Oscar. Bound in publisher's original beige cloth lettered in maroon and black. Near Fine with light lean to binding, light toning to edges and spine cloth, light worming primarily to textblock fore-edge and lighter-so on front free endpaper and half-title page, dust-soiling and foxing to top of textblock edge. In a Very Good dust jacket, with toning to and a small interior chip the spine panel, light chipping and wear to the edges and flap folds. A wildly successful novel which sold 2.5 million copies in 22 languages in its first eighteen months in print. Originally serialized in the Vossische Zeitung in late 1928, it was published here for the first time in book form in German in January 1929, preceding the English and American first editions.