Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings

Description

Author/Translator: Tedlock, Dennis  (1939-2016)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Pub Date: 1985 (9th printing)

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears.  One approx. 3″ crease that starts at recto edge and dies mid-front cover.  Some edge and corner wear.

Notes:  The Quiche Mayan book of creation.  First written in Maya hieroglyphs, translated into Spanish in the sixteenth century, and put into a usable English translation by Tedlock.  Foundational book of Central American anthropology.