Author: Ernst Junger; Basil Creighton [translator]
Title: The Storm of Steel: From the Diary of a German Storm-Troop Officer on the Western Front
Description: London, Chatto & Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first translated edition, first impression of this First World War memoir from German author Ernst Junger. First translated edition, first impression. The memoir of a German officer's experiences on the Western Front during the First World War, becoming a graphic account of trench warfare. The work was one of the first personal accounts of the war to be published and was largely devoid of editorialization originally, but was heavily revised several times. It can be read affirmatively, neutrally or as an anti-war book. Written by Ernst Junger, a German author, highly decorated soldier, philosopher, and entomologist who became publicly known for this work. Translated by Basil Creighton, a prolific British translator who worked for military intelligence during the First World War and completed over thirty translations during the inter-war period. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Storm Steel German First World War Steel Junger Creighton None


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