The Carreta
first edition Hardcover
1970 · New York
by Traven, B.
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 exploitation of the native peoples living in 'monterias', or mahogany logging camps of the rain forests of Chiapas, by the wealthy Spanish landowners during the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. (Inventory #: 10424)