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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven (First Edition) A firm copy with minor wear to spine edges and corners. Mild wear to gilt and top stain. Offset tanning to endpapers; minor foxing to fore and bottom edges of text block. Not price-clipped. A pictorial jacket with loss to spine area; mild wear to edges and moderate wear to flap folds. In clear protective cover. Title page dated 1935. First American Edition, stated. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and title blind stamped to front panel; red top stain. 366 pp. Basis for the 1948 Warner Bros. film directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart.

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.