THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE - THE WARNER BROS. FILE COPY

by B. Traven

$1,750 · Offered by Captain Ahab's Rare Books

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. Traven's second book translated into English, and the first appearance of Traven's own translation, which ran nearly 80 pages longer than the UK edition by Chatto & Windus. Set it Mexico, it is a story of gold, greed, and the best and worst in human nature. A distinguished copy of the author''s best-known work, retained by the studio which produced John Huston's Oscar-winning 1948 film noir which catapulted it to

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