Chariots Stone (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. Scattered across the sands of Rajasthan in the thousands, Rajput chattris are a unique architectural form. Created as markers to commemorate the deaths of Rajput warriors, they symbolically served as chariots to transport the souls of the departed to the next life. Chariots of Stone (The Message of Rajput Chattris) explores their multiple levels of meaning, and also illuminates the complex cultural interplay between myth, architectural form, economics, caste and death that were integral to their creation, providing a new understanding of Rajput warrior culture and architecture. …

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Sixteen works from the Companion Book Club, all in their charming unclipped dust wrappers, including two novels by Mary Stewart. Sixteen charming works published by the Companion Book Club, published between 1963-1965. In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. A monthly subscription in which readers would receive bestselling works from the previous year, the Companion Book Club are known for their charming dust wrappers as seen with this smart collection. Despite many of the writers published being rather obscure today, many of them, such as Mary Stewart, were popular during the 60's. - A Flight of Chariots, written by Jon Cleary (1963).- Comrade Don Camillo and Don Camillo and the Devil, written and illustrated by Giovanni Guareschi (1964).- A Kind of Anger, written by Eric Ambler (1964).- This Time Next Week, written by Leslie Thomas, illustrated by Graham Byfield (1964).- I Come from the Stone Age, written by Heinrich Harrer (1964).- The Jealous God, written by John Braine (1964).- Winds of the Day, written by Howard Spring (1964).- The Rough Magic, written by Mary Stewart (1964)- Airs Above the Ground, written by Mary Stewart (1965).- The Whip Hand, written by Victor Canning (1965).- Travels of a Captialist Lackey, a travelogue to the USSR, written by Fred Basnett. Contains all four plates. Collated complete. (1965).- The Man in the Mirror, written by Frederick Ayer (1965)- The Strode Venturer, written by Hammond Innes (1965).- The Penetrators, written by Anthony Gray (1965).- High Citadel, written by Desmond Bagley (1965).- Caravans, written by James A. Michenar (1965). In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, mostly smart, with the odd faint browning and fading mark, minimal to Harrer, Magic, Penetrators, Caravans, Ayer, Airs, and Winds, heavier spotting to Venturer and Whip. Bumping to the heads and tails of the spines, and to the extremities, heavier to Cleary spine, with creasing to center and a cracked tail of front joint. Minor cocking to front board of Caravans. Dust wrappers are mostly bright and clean, with minor fading and faint signs of browning to rear wraps and fly leaves, and to front wrappers of Spring and Gray. Chips to heads of Cleary and Magic rear wrapper joints, Airs head of spine, with a couple of closed tears to tail of Caravans rear wrapper joint, and of Magic wrapper joints, and a heavy crease to bottom of front wrapper. Creases to wrapper spines, and spots to wrapper spines of Venturer, Thomas and Guareschi. Browned graze to Magic front fly leaf. Small closed tear to top edge of Harrer front wrapper and small puncture to head of Harrer rear wrapper joint. Green mark to rear wrapper of Bagley. The odd faint spot and mark to end papers. Internally, firmly bound, with slight wear to hinge between half-title and title leaf of Magic. Pages are mostly bright and clean, with minor age toning. Slight spotting to first and final leaves of Jealous and Gaureschi. Good. Giovanni Guareschi; Graham Byfield (illustrator). book.…