The Eagle, the Jaguar, and the Serpent by Covarrubias, Miguel -Vintage Book 1954

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 4to. xviii, 314, xii, [2] pp. Bound in quarter black cloth over natural cloth, stamped in gilt and red on cover and spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated with full-color plates, black and white in-text illustrations, and black and white photographs. Includes bibliography and index. First Edition stated on copyright page. This is the first volume in what was to be a three-volume work on the aboriginal arts of the Americas, but Covarrubias passed away in 1957 and the third volume, covering South America, was never completed.