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Lot 65
Sale 6426 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 13, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$600 -
800
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$768
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Lot Description
REMARQUE, Erich Maria (1898-1970). All Quiet on the Western Front. Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1929.
8vo. Original gray buckram lettered in black and red, top edge stained red; dust jacket (light restoration near edges).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Following its initial publication in Germany, All Quiet on the Western Front was quickly translated and published throughout the English-speaking world, with the first American edition eventually landing in the hands of Russian-American film director Lewis Milestone. The resulting adaptation was released in 1930 and won the Academy Award for Best Picture the following year - the first film based on a finished novel to do so.
[With:] REMARQUE. The Road Back. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1931. 8vo. Original gray buckram; dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
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