The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935.
Price: $4,000.00
About the item
First American edition. [vi], 366 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Near fine copy, light toning to endpapers, in a bright dust jacket (price-cut with a hint of rubbing and some small tears at edges). In a custom morocco backed box. Treverton 261.
Item #374771
The American edition is an original English language version by Traven.
The basis of the John Huston directed film classic starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston. "The treasure which you think not worth taking trouble and pains to find, this one alone is the real treasure you are longing for all your life. The glittering treasure you are hunting for day and night lies buried on the other side of that hill yonder"
