A Socialist Empire: The Incas of Peru

Baudin, Louis; Arthur Goddard (ed.); Katherine Woods (transl.). A Socialist Empire: The Incas of Peru. Princeton, New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company, (1961). First American edition. 8vo. xxii,442pp. Light brown cloth with black lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Captivating account of what life was like under the collective regime of the Incas. The author looks at the rigidly hierarchized, static society of the ancient empire of Peru. Translated from the French by Katherine Woods. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly bumped. Tiny area on bottom edge of front board bumped. Some age wear, staining and minor creasing on dj. Stamp of “Heritage Book Shoppe…” on free front endpaper. Dust jacket in overall good, book in very good condition. Part of The William Volker Fund Series in the Humane Studies. g+. Hardcover. (29388) $60