Sylvanus Morley Goetz (37 results)

Paper Back. Condition: Used.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Unknown. Octavo, softcover, in red wraps with yellow and gray design and lettering. During the middle of the 6th C a literate Quiche Indian transcribed his folk legends into Latin script in his own language. Late in the 17th C Father Francisco Ximenez, a parish priest copied and translated the now lost manuscript. This is English translation from Spanish version o--its account of their cosmogony, mythology, traditions and history are intensely interesting. 267 pp. Book.

Paperback. Condition: New. This is the first complete version in English of the ""Book of the People"" of the Quiche Maya, the most powerful nation of the Guatemalan highlands in pre-Conquest times and a branch of the ancient Maya, whose remarkable civilization in pre-Columbian America is in many ways comparable to the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean. Generally regarded as America's oldest book, the Popol Vuh, in fact, corresponds to our Christian Bible, and it is, moreover, the most important of the five pieces of the great library treasures of the Maya that survived the Spanish Conquest.The Popol Vuh was first transcribed in the Quiche language, ·but in Latin characters, in the middle of the sixteenth century, by some unknown but highly literate Quiche Maya Indian-probably from the oral traditions of his people. This now lost manuscript was copied at the end of the seventeenth century by Father Francisco Ximénez, then parish priest of the village of Santo Tomás Chichicastenango in the highlands of Guatemala, today the most celebrated and best-known Indian town in all of Central America.The mythology, traditions, cosmogony, and history of the Quiché Maya, including the chronology of their kings down to 1550, are related in simple yet literary style by the Indian chronicler. And Adrian Recinos has made a valuable contribution to the understanding and enjoyment of the document through his thorough going introduction and his identification of places and people in the footnotes.

Paperback. Edges a bit worn / used, else a good copy. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Paperback. Condition: New. This is the first complete version in English of the ""Book of the People"" of the Quiche Maya, the most powerful nation of the Guatemalan highlands in pre-Conquest times and a branch of the ancient Maya, whose remarkable civilization in pre-Columbian America is in many ways comparable to the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean. Generally regarded as America's oldest book, the Popol Vuh, in fact, corresponds to our Christian Bible, and it is, moreover, the most important of the five pieces of the great library treasures of the Maya that survived the Spanish Conquest.The Popol Vuh was first transcribed in the Quiche language, ·but in Latin characters, in the middle of the sixteenth century, by some unknown but highly literate Quiche Maya Indian-probably from the oral traditions of his people. This now lost manuscript was copied at the end of the seventeenth century by Father Francisco Ximénez, then parish priest of the village of Santo Tomás Chichicastenango in the highlands of Guatemala, today the most celebrated and best-known Indian town in all of Central America.The mythology, traditions, cosmogony, and history of the Quiché Maya, including the chronology of their kings down to 1550, are related in simple yet literary style by the Indian chronicler. And Adrian Recinos has made a valuable contribution to the understanding and enjoyment of the document through his thorough going introduction and his identification of places and people in the footnotes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 6.5 X 9.5 inches, 267 pages. Green cloth hardcover with silver type on spine. Third Printing. Unmarked, VG. Unclipped DJ has water stain on back cover. Now in mylar protection. Good. From the translation of Adrión Recinos. Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, 1953. 3rd printing. Solid square binding.

Condition: New. pp. 288 Reprint edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Cash. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges, corners, covers, and pages. The book is in great condition! The dust jacket has some surface rubbing, edgewear, and creases. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. The sacred book of the Ancient Quiche Maya.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Eighth Printing. University of Oklahoma Press, 1972; stated eighth printing of 1950 edition; xix, 267pp. Illustrated title page plus four more maps/illustrations. Prefaces by translators Sylvanus G. Morley and Adrian Recinos. Text entirely in English. VG hardcover in VG/VG- dust jacket with cover illustration by Isaac Esquiliano. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear to corners and spine ends, else green cloth boards VG, silver foil titling remains bright and bold; text very good throughout. Mild wear, rubbing to edges of dust jacket, cover illustration otherwise bright; front flap is unclipped, but original price covered with white-out; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket has shelf wear. Aged. Pictures available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good hardcover in price-clipped very good dust jacket. Eighth printing, 1972. English version by Delia Goetz and Sylvanus G. Morley, from the translation of Adrian Recinos. Light foxing to dust jacket and top page edges. Some edge-wear and chipping to dust jacket. Sm 4to. 267pp.

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) (foxing on some pages) in d/w (VG-), ex theosophical library; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fifth Printing. Volume 29 in The Civilization of the American Indian Series. Clean and tight w/ minor edgewear and rubbing to dj. $5.00 price intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Third printing. 267 pages; 6 1/8 x 9 1/4" From the translation of Adrian Recinos. Foxing to page edges, endpapers, and jacket flaps; previous owner's information inked on first page; 2 1/2" tear to front jacket top edge; jacket spine edges and corners are chipped; jacket edges are worn and creased; scuffing to rear jacket panel; jacket in mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Third Printing. Clipped DJ in archival cover, small chips.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book measures 22x15cm,267 pp, Bound in original publishers green cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with some wear. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean, near fine. A very good clean copy.

Paperback. Condition: New. This is the first complete version in English of the ""Book of the People"" of the Quiche Maya, the most powerful nation of the Guatemalan highlands in pre-Conquest times and a branch of the ancient Maya, whose remarkable civilization in pre-Columbian America is in many ways comparable to the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean. Generally regarded as America's oldest book, the Popol Vuh, in fact, corresponds to our Christian Bible, and it is, moreover, the most important of the five pieces of the great library treasures of the Maya that survived the Spanish Conquest.The Popol Vuh was first transcribed in the Quiche language, ·but in Latin characters, in the middle of the sixteenth century, by some unknown but highly literate Quiche Maya Indian-probably from the oral traditions of his people. This now lost manuscript was copied at the end of the seventeenth century by Father Francisco Ximénez, then parish priest of the village of Santo Tomás Chichicastenango in the highlands of Guatemala, today the most celebrated and best-known Indian town in all of Central America.The mythology, traditions, cosmogony, and history of the Quiché Maya, including the chronology of their kings down to 1550, are related in simple yet literary style by the Indian chronicler. And Adrian Recinos has made a valuable contribution to the understanding and enjoyment of the document through his thorough going introduction and his identification of places and people in the footnotes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. BOUND IN GREEN CLOTH HARDCOBERS WITH CLEAR BLACK TITLES TO SPINE, THIS ENGLISH VERSION DATED 1978 11TH PRINTING FROM THE FIRST EDITION, AND PREPARED BY DELIA GOETZ AND SYLVANOUS MORLEY IS VG IN GOOD PLUS JACKET. X1X/267pp WITH FOREWORD, PREFACE, INTRODUCTION, THE POPOL VUH PREAMBLE AND FOUR PARTS. THEN APPENDIX, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX. ILLUSTRATIONS INCLUDE A MAP, AND FIRST PAGE OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT. ALSO, THE GENEALOGY OF THE QUICHE LORDS, AND A DRAWING OF THE BAT GOD OF THE MAYA. JACKET CHIPPED, AND THUS CONDITION VG IN GOOD PLUS JACKE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Jackson, Everett Gee (illustrator). Small 4to hardcover with light green cloth boards and dark green titling on the spine, deckled edges, and custom paintings on the end papers rendered from statues, ceramics, temples, and other various works from Mayan culture. Comes with a matching dark green slipcase with silver titling on the spine. The Popol Vuh contains the creation story of the Quiche (K'iche') Maya, originally oral stories that were transcribed by a Spanish-Dominican friar Francisco Ximenez during the 18th century. The name Popol Vuh translates to "Book of Community" or "Book of Counsel". The condition of the book is Very Good (binding tight; little to no shelf wear; little to no interior damage; previous owner ex-libris stickers on half title page and verso paste down). The condition of the slip case is Very Good (very light shelf wear along the bottom edge; light shelf wear to the top edge). 251pgs.

N/D RPT VG PB RED PICTORIAL CARD COVERS YELLOW TITLES VG VOLUME 29 IN THE CIVILIZATION OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS.

Condition: New. The first complete version in English of the Book of the People of the Quiche Maya, the most powerful nation of the Guatemalan highlands in pre-Conquest times. Generally regarded as America s oldest book, the Popol Vuh is the most important of the five pi.

William Hodge and Company, London 1951. xix, 267 pp. Publisher's cloth, no jacket. Owner signature. Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. 8vo. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, one of 1,500 copies. SIGNED by the illustrator on limitation page. Red painted top edge. Staining across diagonal axis of front covers. Mild bumping to fore corners, joint ends, and spine ends of covers. A few faint stains to spine of covers. Mild uneven toning to f.f.e.p. Faint glue ghosting to margins of r.p.d. Housed in faintly rubbed, slightly scratched slipcase. Scraping and soem bumping to corners of slipcase. Cracking along top edges of slipcase, resulting in near detachment. VG in VG slipcase. Illustrator.

Paperback. Condition: New. This is the first complete version in English of the ""Book of the People"" of the Quiche Maya, the most powerful nation of the Guatemalan highlands in pre-Conquest times and a branch of the ancient Maya, whose remarkable civilization in pre-Columbian America is in many ways comparable to the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean. Generally regarded as America's oldest book, the Popol Vuh, in fact, corresponds to our Christian Bible, and it is, moreover, the most important of the five pieces of the great library treasures of the Maya that survived the Spanish Conquest.The Popol Vuh was first transcribed in the Quiche language, ·but in Latin characters, in the middle of the sixteenth century, by some unknown but highly literate Quiche Maya Indian-probably from the oral traditions of his people. This now lost manuscript was copied at the end of the seventeenth century by Father Francisco Ximénez, then parish priest of the village of Santo Tomás Chichicastenango in the highlands of Guatemala, today the most celebrated and best-known Indian town in all of Central America.The mythology, traditions, cosmogony, and history of the Quiché Maya, including the chronology of their kings down to 1550, are related in simple yet literary style by the Indian chronicler. And Adrian Recinos has made a valuable contribution to the understanding and enjoyment of the document through his thorough going introduction and his identification of places and people in the footnotes.

Hardcover. Limited Edition #301/1500. Octavo, xlv, 251 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good slipcase. Spine is light green and cream cloth. Slipcase has mild shelving wear along extremities. Boards have mild sunning to spine. Head edge of text block dyed red. Signed flat by Everett Gee Jackson [Illustrator] on publisher's limitation page. Shelved in hallway overflow. 1395066. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st UK Edition. 267 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Front endpaper is torn, ffep is missing. Page edges are lightly darkened, red publisher's stain on the head edges. Bound in red cloth with silver titles on the spine. Lightly worn on the corners. Lightly bumped on the edges. 1ST UK EDITION. VG/- -. Book.