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London: Chatto & Windus, 1934., 1934. First edition. First British edition. 8vo.Precedes the U. S. edition by one year. The front dust jacket flap says this title has already been published in five different languages. Originally published in Germany, this is the first English language edition. Signed at the top of the front free fly leaf "From Basil / Christmas 1934," and at the top of the dust jacket's front cover as "Creighton." This refers to Basil Creighton the translator from the original "Der Schatz Der Sierra Madre." Set in Mexico in the 1920s, two hard-luck Americans, Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, who've been cheated out of their wages from a construction job in Tampico, team up with Howard, a wise old prospector, on a quest for gold in the remote Sierra Madre mountains. ”“Gold is a very devilish sort of thing, believe me, boys. In the first place, it changes your character entirely. When you have it your soul is no longer the same as it…

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a novel by B. Traven, originally published in 1927, which tells the story of three down-and-out men who, seeking gold, face both perils and moral dilemmas in the Sierra Madre mountains.