1335801 THE BLACK OBELISK [SIGNED]. Erich Maria Remarque, Denver Lindley.
THE BLACK OBELISK [SIGNED]
THE BLACK OBELISK [SIGNED]
THE BLACK OBELISK [SIGNED]

THE BLACK OBELISK [SIGNED]

New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1957. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 434 pages; G+/none; bound in publisher's red cloth, black and silver titling and a black obelisk to spine; book bound upside down, with the text-block reversed from the spine; small black ink spot to front board, small ink splatter to text block; Signed and dated by Remarque on the title page; scarce signed; shelved case 2.

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Originally published in Germany as 'Der schwarze Obelisk', the novel takes place in the early 1920s. It is the source of the often mis-attributed line "The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic" (Aber das ist wohl so, weil ein einzelner immer der Tod ist — und zwei Millionen immer nur eine Statistik.);