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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
by TRAVEN, B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus,, 1934. With the compliments of Basil Creighton First edition in English, first impression, this copy with the publisher's compliments slip tipped-in to the front pastedown and with a typescript note added from the translator in the month of publication: "with Mr. Basil Creighton's Compliments 21.9.34". This book was originally published as Der Schatz der Sierra Madre in 1927. Creighton (1886-1989) translated a number of Traven's works and many significant works of German literature into English, including Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf, Alma Mahler's Gustav Mahler: Memories and Letters, and Ernst Junger's Storm of Steel. Traven "is probably the most mysterious and baffling of all modern writers: a man who has seemingly courted obscurity as another might court fame and notoriety, courted oblivion with an almost pathological intensity" (Hagemann, p. 37). Octavo. Original dark orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge orange, bottom edge untrimmed. With dust jacket by John D. Evans. Spine cocked, trivial bumps to edges, slight wear to lower edges, contents lightly foxed; jacket a touch soiled and foxed, spine panel toned, a few chips and short closed tears, edges rubbed, unclipped: a near-fine copy in very good jacket. Hagemann 53.
Synopsis
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1927 novel by the mysterious German-English bilingual author B. Traven, in which two penurious Americans of the 1920s join with an old-timer, in Mexico, to prospect for gold. The book was adapted successfully as a 1948 film of the same name by John Huston.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 163755
- Title
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
- Author
- TRAVEN, B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Chatto & Windus,
- Date Published
- 1934
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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