All Quiet on the Western Front (Inscribed- With Original Drawing) by REMARQUE, ERICH MARIA - 1969

New York: The Heritage Press, 1969. Date after the Limited Editions Club printing [1969]. Introduction by Harry Hansen. Green cloth spine over black cloth boards, with gilt lettering to the spine over black background. Light rubbing to the black background on the spine otherwise rather near fine in a near fine slipcase. Inscribed and dated with locale to Walter Straus-along with a drawing in ink by Groth of a German WWI soldier making a bayonet charge. Groth (1902-1988), in his time, was a noted New York painter and illustrator, especially of books. He was a friend of Hemingway (the latter wrote the Introduction to Groth's own book, Studio: Europe). The first Art Director of Esquire Magazine. Groth was an artist-correspondent for leading newspapers in three wars: WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Walter Straus is presumably the world-renowned art historian.. Signed. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by John Groth.