first edition
1931 · Chicago
by Stern, Bernhard J.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1931. ix, 221p., first edition 8x5 inch red cloth boards gilt; pastedown bears an inked ownership and bookplate (same person), else item is unmarked in any way. Dust-soil to top edge, else entirely clean, and all-around quite sound. Lacks the jacket, a very good copy without one. The book is biography and critical evaluation of the work of an internationally famous writer on the Iroquois Indians, and author of the book Ancient Society which had great influence in scientific circles and became a popular Socialist classic. (Inventory #: 332594)