![Der Blaugetupfte Sperling [The Blue-Speckled Sparrow]. B. Traven](/pictures/thumb/51313.jpg?v=1601923968)
Munich: Der Ziegelbrenner Verlag, 1919. 95pp. Original wrappers; protective outer acetate jacket. Both panels are detached from binding. Edge tears to front and back panels. Owner's bookplate. In custom clamshell case. Text in German. A very early work, in German, by the mysterious B. Traven. Treverton 1195. More
Zurich: Buchergilde Gutenberg, 1936. First German Edition. Hardcover. 255pp. Small quarto [24 cm] Blue cloth with red ink stamped titles. Very good. The spine and edges of the boards are faded. There is a small stain on the front board, and also on the fore edge of the text block..... More
Berlin: Buchergilde Gutenberg, 1928. Hardcover. English title: "Land of Springtime." 429 pp. With 64 black and white photographic illustrations and one color, folding map of Chiapas at the back. Light wear and soiling. Previous owner's ink stamp on the front and rear endsheets. Internally fine. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. Hardcover. 286pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Original green cloth, gilt stamped title on the spine. Good. Spine and edges sunned. Minor wear to extremities. There are roughly 6 small stains on the covers, and there are a couple of small stains on the bottom edge..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1940. First UK edition. Hardcover. 256pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Tan cloth covered boards with a blue ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The extremities are very lightly soiled and stained. Several small ripples in the cloth of the rear board. The spine is rolled, and..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First American edition. Hardcover. 286pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Original green cloth with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The covers are mildly stained along the joints. The rear cover has a two tiny dark stains, and a jagged 4 inch long..... More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. 264pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown cloth with gilt title on the backstrip. Very good./Near fine. Light nicking to corners of spine faded jacket. This work is the second novel in the reclusive author's 'Jungle Novels'. The 'Jungle' novels chronicle the..... More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. 264pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown cloth with gilt title on the backstrip. Very good./Near fine. Spine of jacket sun faded. This work is the second novel in the reclusive author's 'Jungle Novels'. The 'Jungle' novels chronicle the exploitation of the..... More
London: Allison & Busby, 1981. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 264pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Black boards with gilt title on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. This work is the first novel in the reclusive author's 'Jungle Novels'. The 'Jungle' novels chronicle the exploitation of the native peoples living in 'monterias', or..... More
New York: Hill & Wang, 1970. First American edition. Hardcover. 264pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown cloth with gilt title on the backstrip. Very good./Near fine. Light nicking to corners of spine faded jacket. Ink underlining on jacket's rear flap. This work is the first novel in the reclusive author's 'Jungle..... More
New York: Hill & Wang, 1970. First American edition. Hardcover. 264pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown cloth with gilt title on the backstrip. Very good./Near fine. Spine of jacket sun faded. This work is the first novel in the reclusive author's 'Jungle Novels'. The 'Jungle' novels chronicle the exploitation of the..... More
New York: Hill & Wang, 1970. First American edition. Hardcover. 264pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown cloth with gilt title on the backstrip. Very good./Near fine. Spine of jacket faded. Head of jacket's front panel faded. This work is the first novel in the reclusive author's 'Jungle Novels'. The 'Jungle' novels..... More
New York: Hill & Wang, 1970. First American edition. Hardcover. 264pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown cloth with gilt title on the backstrip. Very good./Near fine. Spine of jacket faded. This work is the first novel in the reclusive author's 'Jungle Novels'. The 'Jungle' novels chronicle the exploitation of the native..... More
London: Allison & Busby, 1979. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Black cloth spine and boards. 200 pages. Allison & Busby editions typically have darkened pages, but pages of this copy are white and clean. Dust Jacket - has very light rubbing at the extreme tips of the corners. Second Edition issued..... More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 200pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown cloth with gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Originally this story was serialized in Vorwarts in June and July 1925. Treverton 217. More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1969. Second printing. Hardcover. 200pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown cloth with gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Originally this story was serialized in Vorwarts in June and July 1925. Treverton 218. More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1968. Hardcover. First English edition. 65 pp. Illustrated by Alberto Beltran. Near fine with very good+ dustjacket. Minor wear along edges of dustjacket; dustjacket spine sunned. Front flap price clipped. Internally fine. More
Hamburg: Freunde Der Weltliteratur, 1951. Paperback. 320pp. Duodecimo [19 cm.] German language. Twenty separate, staple-bound gatherings with outer paper wrappers. Outer paper wrapper has handwritten title to the front cover and spine. This may have been published as a twenty part serial. The front cover of the first 16 page..... More
Berlin: Buchmeisterverlag GmbH, 1930. Early printing. Hardcover. 354pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Orange and black cloth covered boards. Very good. The spine is rolled and is very subtly faded. There is a barely perceptible stain on the spine as well. German language. B. Traven is one of the most mysterious figures..... More
Berlin: Buchmeisterverlag GmbH, 1930. Early printing. Hardcover. 354pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Orange and black cloth covered boards. Very good. The spine is subtly rolled. The edges of the covers are gently bumped. The top half of the rear board is lightly moisture stained. There is a thin light moisture stain..... More
![Das Totenschiff [The Death Ship]. B. Traven](/pictures/thumb/40645.jpg?v=1506989851)
Berlin: Buchmeister Verlag, 1926. Early edition. Hardcover. 256pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a gilt stamped boat design on the front cover. Publisher's orange top stain. Very good. The extremities are rubbed, the covers are slightly concave, and the..... More
Amsterdam: N.V. De Arbeiderspers, 1935. First Dutch edition. Hardcover. 260pp. Octavo [21 cm] Thickly woven brown cloth covered boards with orange ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Decorative endpapers. Good. The extremities are darkened, the title on the spine has faded, and the spine is rolled. Corners..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1934. Hardcover. Second impression. 312 pp. Very good+ with good dustjacket. Some light wear and toning at the edges of the dustjacket; dustjacket spine sunned with some water spots or stains. Internally very good. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. 372pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Black cloth. Restoration to jacket intermittently along the edges and along the fold of the rear flap. The Death Ship/Das Totenschiff was originally written in English in 1923 or 1924. Traven translated it into German at..... More