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Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1956. 205 by 130 mm (8 by 5 inches). Original cloth boards; 484 pp. Without a dust jacket. First Edition. In German. Inscribed in German: “For Felix Guggenheim. In heartfelt friendship and gratitude. Los Angeles. 8. Juli 1957. Erich Maria Remarque.” (trans.) Very good with minor soiling to covers and old coffee stain to edge of block.

This novel paints a portrait of Germany in the early 1920s, a period marked by hyperinflation and rising nationalism. Ludwig, the protagonist, is in his mid-twenties; just like most of his friends, he is a World War I veteran. Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970) is of course the author of All Quiet on the Western Front. Felix Guggenheim (1904–1976) was a Los Angeles publisher and Remarque’s literary agent.

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