1929 1st Edition, early printing copy of "All Quiet on the Western Front" - - German edition, "I'm Westen Nichts Neues", by Erich Maria Remarque. "951. - 975. tausend." Includes the rare, original 12-page promotional insert. "All Quiet on the Western Front" was originally a German publication -- the title "Im Westen Nichts Neues" translates to "Nothing New in the West." It's author, Erich Marie Remarque, was a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front.