Native Peoples of South America

Description

Authors: Steward, Julian H. (1902-1972) and Faron, Louis C. (1923-2012)

Publisher: McGraw Hill

Pub Date: 1959

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: 2 copies.  Copy 1: Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Previous owner’s name, date and locational information on front pastedown.  Without dust jacket (as issued?).   Some edge and corner wear.  Bottom corners bumped.  Smudging to bottom text block.  Copy 2:  Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Without dust jacket (as issued?).  2 previous owners’ markings, one stamped on front pastedown, one hand-written on ffep.  Lower front corner bumped.  Very light edge wear.   Smudging to bottom text block.

Notes: “A general summary of the Handbook” (From the Preface) This edition really designed for students and general readers, whereas the Handbook of South American Indians series was totally descriptive. (Handbook of South American Indians, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 143, Steward ed., Smithsonian, 7 volumes, 1946-1950) .  See Volume 4 as an example https://joethebookguy.com/shop/archaeology/handbook-of-south-american-indians-volume-4-the-circum-caribbean-tribes/