Published by Aporia Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0948518456 ISBN 13: 9780948518454
Seller: Gastown Bookwurm, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Soft cover with printed paper wraps. 1989. 117pp., with Index. Near Fine with light wear to edges & corners. Internally bright, clean, and free of marks; cover bright & clean. Wraps have shelf wear to edges, corners lightly bumped. Edited by Andrew Hopton.
Published by Aporia Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0948518456 ISBN 13: 9780948518454
Seller: Simon and Kathy, Pontypridd, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good overall - immediate despatch from the UK 6 days a week.
Published by Aporia Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0948518405 ISBN 13: 9780948518409
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges, spine sunned. Book has clean and bright contents with no markings, 117pp.
Published by APORIA PRESS, 1989
ISBN 10: 0948518456 ISBN 13: 9780948518454
Seller: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
PaperBack. Condition: Very Good. No jacket.
Published by Aporia Press, London, 1989
ISBN 10: 0948518456 ISBN 13: 9780948518454
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Minor edgewear to covers and faint marks to page block foot. No other notable flaws. AD. Used.
Published by Aporia, 1989
ISBN 10: 0948518405 ISBN 13: 9780948518409
Seller: SPHINX LIBRARY, CHONBURI, Thailand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 110 Pages, Near Fine Condition both book and DJ, no markings, all pages clean nd bright. Influenced by the ideas of the John Lilburne and the Levellers, Winstanley published four pamphlets in 1648. He argued that all land belonged to the community rather than to separate individuals. In January, 1649, he published the The New Law of Righteousness. Soon after publishing The New Law of Righteousness he established a group called the Diggers. In April 1649 Winstanley, William Everard, a former soldier in the New Model Army, and about thirty followers took over some common land on St George's Hill in Surrey and "sowed the ground with parsnips, carrots and beans." Digger groups also took over land in Kent (Cox Hill), Surrey (Cobham), Buckinghamshire (Iver) and Northamptonshire (Wellingborough). Local landowners were very disturbed by these developments, and in July 1649 the government gave instructions for Winstanley to be arrested and for General Thomas Fairfax to disperse the people by force. Instructions were given for the Diggers to be beaten up and for their houses, crops and tools to be destroyed. These tactics were successful and within a year all the Digger communities in England had been wiped out. Winstanley continued to argue for the redistribution of land and in 1652 published The Law of Freedom, a pamphlet in which he criticised the government of Oliver Cromwell, holding to the Anabaptist view that all institutions were by their nature corrupt. He also argued for a society without money or wages. The Law of Freedom sold well and for a while Winstanley's ideas appeared popular with the English people. However, the Restoration brought an end to the discussion about the way society should be organized.