Erich Maria Remarque. First American edition. Dust Jacket: Very Good. An unclipped jacket designed by George Salter. There are small pieces missing on top/bottom of jacket. The jacket is missing the $3 price on inside flap (later printing?). Hardcover: Very Good. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1945. Blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. There is fading on top/bottom of cover. No writing or markings in the book, 455 pp. The book was translated from German by Walter Sorell and Denver Lindley.
This was the authors fifth novel after publishing his first and best known work, All Quiet on the Western Front.
"The story takes place in Paris between November 11, 1938, and the first days of September 1939. The significance of the narration’s framing dates—the 20th anniversary of the World War I armistice and the outbreak of World War II—contribute to the dark climate of the novel, which is dominated by the feeling of general instability and desperation during the interwar period. Two main plots set the dynamics and the fateful conflicts of the narration." (source: literariness.org)
