Maya Cities (Ancient Cities and Temples)

Elek Books Ltd. / G.P. Putnam's Sons, London, UK / New York. 1960. Hardcover. First UK and US printings of the translated 1954 French edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; slight shelfwear and bumping to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped but price is inked over; chipping to head and tail; edge bumping to DJ; missing small pieces at head, tail, and top of front panel.Tipped-in folding color frontispiece. 234 pp 4to. 10 tipped-in folding color plates and 100+ B&W photographs. This book brings vividly to life the civilization of the ancient Mayan people, their language, environment, and way of life. The Mayan Empire was founded in the 4th Century AD and lasted over 1000 years in Guatemala and into Mexico. With a passion for building, they left behind cities, frescoes, pyramids, temples, carved stelae, and elaborate calendrical system and records written in pictographs. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.