We will do our best to accommodate you at the live auction. A common trope emerged in which German veterans were celebrated for their heroism, while politicians were accused of having "stabbed Germany in the back" by agreeing to an unconditional armistice. In the event of a tie between an online bidder and a floor bidder, the floor bid will take precedence. As a courtesy, One Source Auction makes condition reports available prior to the auction. All Quiet on the Western Front is surely the greatest of all war books. 1928 and 1929; Corrected galley proofs in author's hand (1928); first edition (1929). When I went home, I saw it being sold for 60-250 euros! A near fine book without inscriptions – small ticket removal evident to the top corner of the front endpaper. The remarkable book, All Quiet on the Western Front, which is the June selection of the Book of the Month Club, has had several passages deleted and milder words substituted in some places at the suggestion of the Club officials. Most perplexing is the choice to begin the story in 1917 and shift almost immediately to November 1918. A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket.
In the United States, the English translation was banned in Boston on grounds of obscenity; and in Chicago, U. S. customs had seized any volumes which had not been expurgated. I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle; now I see your wife and your face and our fellowship. If you have a valid NY State Tax Exempt Number you must provide a copy of the New York State ST-120 form at the time of Registration to. But in this country it is receiving a fervent welcome. Signed and inscribed first editions are rare. Mortar shells explode. And:It is the first edition. All Quiet on the Western Front was informed by Remarque's own experience as a soldier in the war. Literary, war novel.
I went to a little flea market this morning and found this book in a box. This story feels more relevant than ever. In the true first issue dust wrapper which has some minor chipping to the spine tips and corners. Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970). This is the worst kind of censorship. When All Quiet on the Western Front premiered in Berlin in 1930, Nazis protested the screening, calling it "an affront to German Pride. " Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. With no other option, the German delegation signs the Armistice. In these extreme circumstances Baumer tries—and usually succeeds in trying—to convey inner states on the very edge of describability. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. The publishers also made a few changes themselves. Just before the onset of World War II in Europe, Remarque and his wife left Switzerland for the United States. Both these versions attempted to consolidate the most essential qualities and episodes from the novel into (albeit lengthy) films, staying largely faithful to the original material.
Original Price BRL 80. Remarque's theme is never for one moment dimmed, and the spirit is not travestied. All Quiet on the Western Front is the kind of book you've heard about forever as a Great Book, one you've always meant to read some day, and yet it sounds so heavy and depressing and somehow you put off getting to it. Acceptable forms of payment are Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express & Paypal. They peddled the myth that social democrats had conspired with Jews and socialists to betray the nation. Read the editorial in full.
Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by The Harcourt Bindery. When the Nazis rose to power in 1933 — just five years after the publication of the novel — Remarque's writing was declared "unpatriotic" by propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. It was first published only three months ago, and more than 220, 000 copies have been sold by now. While the war ended in 1918, the terms of its conclusion sparked a domestic conflict that would rack Germany for over a decade and eventually lead to World War Two. After the first bombardment, Paul is pulled from the rubble. With its realistic depictions of trench warfare and the emphasis placed on the young soldiers' experience, All Quiet on the Western Front provoked many of the war's survivors. We see the war enter a German classroom where a schoolmaster delivers a patriotic speech. Any and all copies of Remarque's writing were removed from libraries and prohibited from being sold or published anywhere in the country.
A soldier emerges from the dugout. Perhaps the biggest change is in the story's relationship to the title of the work. They are now apparently able by breaking the peace to secure the prohibition of the All Quiet film, and presumably of any future film to which they happen to object. In fact, the specter of Nazism has always haunted the margins of this story. Sparing no expense in production, the film offered a visceral cinematic experience, immersing audiences in the sounds and images of war. Classics Illustrated #113 The Fourty-Five Guardsmen HRN 114 G/VG 3. To learn more about banned books and censorship, visit our Rare Books Digital Exhibitions: ###. This is a good film. In the US sections of the book were changed. All Quiet's sense of empathy for a putative enemy did not find favour with the German Nazi party and in December 1930 filmgoers were attacked at several early showings of the movie in Germany. 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. "
Although the British market has been flooded with translations of German books, nearly all that is best in modern German literature has remained hidden from English readers who do not know German. Signed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "1st June Eric Maria Remarque. " Remarque, in an exhilarating chapter, describes how he and his comrades fell upon a brutal, bullying superior one night and administered well deserved punishment. To many young Germans Remarque's work is merely an expression of cowardice. In the middle of these debates, thirty-year-old Erich Maria Remarque published a serialized novel about a soldier's experience in the war, which was shortly thereafter released in book form.
PLEASE CONTACT PRIOR TO BIDDING TO ASK FOR SHIPPING QUOTES!!!! "I am from a nation that gave into its most destructive impulses twice in the last century, " he muses. Bewilderment, resignation, and disillusion harden them, but throughout the film we have never only seven heroes. While visiting his mother Baumer pounds his bed in mental agony, crying: I ought never to have come here. Recently found by viaLibri... With a type letter from the author dated in 28th February, 1929 from Remarque attached to the front pastedown. It is inferior to its contemporary Le Feu, by Henri Barbusse. Shown on the expanding screen at the Regal this morning the attacks for once became intelligible, and for once were made up with a sense of form. Q: How much is shipping? He is a German soldier during World War I.