Maya Cities

234 pp. Blk cloth boards w.gilt title to cover & spine. Small bump at btm rt-hand cnr, otherwise good, sound condition. Illus. dust wrapper, chipped, small tear at top of spine. Price clipped. Translated from the French by Miriam and Lionel Kochan. Author is the founder of the Musee de l'Homme. Coloured frontispiece, (fold-out). Contents. Dedication. Foreword. Illus. w. b&w photographic plates, (Plates 1-136). Also, ten tipped-in colour plates, (Plates I-X), some fold-out. B&W drawings. Index at rear. The civilisation of these ancient people brought vividly to life, presented with a remarkably fine series of illustrations collected by the author.