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Stonehenge Complete – Christopher Chippindale’s illustrated history of Stonehenge, tracing how the monument has been seen, studied and explained from the medieval period to modern times. This large-format paperback is the 1989 reprint of the first paperback edition of 1987, first published in Great Britain in 1983. A good, sound reading copy with shelfwear to the covers and foxing to the top edge.
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Stonehenge Complete by Christopher Chippindale is a large-format illustrated study of Britain’s most famous prehistoric monument, published by Thames and Hudson. First published in Great Britain in 1983, it appeared as a paperback in 1987, and this copy is the 1989 reprint of that paperback edition, printed and bound in Yugoslavia.
Rather than offering a single theory, Stonehenge Complete follows the monument through the centuries and the people who tried to make sense of it. The contents run in seventeen chapters, opening with Stonehenge as seen by the medieval eye and moving through the age of Queen Elizabeth, the English Revolution, Mr Aubrey, the Druid enthusiasm, Victorian visitors and the years from 1900 onward, before turning to the archaeological links from Wessex to Mycenae, astronomy, alternative visions and the preservation of the site. A section on visiting Stonehenge, further reading, notes, sources of illustrations and an index complete the book.
The book is generously illustrated throughout. The preliminary pages alone include Bill Brandt’s classic 1947 photograph of Stonehenge in the snow, a view inside the ruined sarsen building, and the Stonehenge emblem used by the Sarsen Press of Redwood City, California, a nod to the monument’s place in popular culture.
This is a rewarding title for anyone interested in British prehistory, archaeology and the history of ideas, as well as readers drawn to ancient monuments, archaeoastronomy and the stories that have grown up around stone circles. It sits well on the shelf of collectors of archaeology books and makes an excellent reference for students and travellers planning a visit to Salisbury Plain.
Condition – Good
A large-format paperback (32 x 24 cm) in good, sound condition. The pictorial covers show shelfwear, with rubbing and light bumping to the corners and edges, a few small white rubs along the cover edges and a crease to the front cover. The spine is intact. Foxing is present to the top edge of the text block, with light spotting to the fore-edge. Internally the pages seen are clean and bright, with a printed dedication, and the binding remains tight.
