REMARQUE, Erich Maria; John Groth [Illustrator].

All Quiet on the Western Front.

"It Is Very Queer That The Unhappiness Of The World Is So Often Brought On By Small Men": The Limited Editions Club Edition of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front; signed by illustrator John Groth and Finely Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1969.

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The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this landmark novel of the 20th century. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine in three compartments within raised bands, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, title page vignette, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by illustrator John Groth on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 511. In fine condition. Introduction by Harry Hansen. Illustrated by John Groth.

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.