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1st Edition. Inscribed and Signed by Author. Inscribed to John Papworth from the author. Description: Illustrated DJ over black cloth. Language: English. Book Condition> Very Good+: Sharp corners, edges and spine ends. Clean cloth. Tightly bound with lightly toned intact endpapers. Clean unmarked pages. Inscription to title page from author dated 1991. DJ Condition> Very Good+: Very light wear, chipping and creasing to upper and lower edges. 151pp. Size: Folio 30cm by 20cm. Provenance: John Papworth. Provenance Background: JOHN PAPWORTH: Acquired from the estate of John Papworth John Papworth activist against big government, big business, supermarkets, the media, consumerism advocating the local people should control local affairs Joined the RAF and served as a cook where he began his political awakening becoming an ardent socialist Joined the Communist Party but thrown out for not expressing the right views Papworth became a passionate and vocal peace activist and after one CND demonstration he was imprisoned alongside Bertrand Russell In the 1960s he became close friends with the Austrian economist Leopold Kohr, originator of the Ôsmall is beautiful' concept and of societies where direct democracy and face-to-face communication were the norm Papworth was the de facto originator of the concept of localisation In 1966 he became founding editor of Resurgence, collaborating with Leopold Kohr, EF Schumacher and Herbert Read Soon afterwards, president Kenneth Kaunda offered him a position as his personal assistant in Zambia Most famously he staged a one-man protests against cars on the Abbey Road zebra crossing and gave shelter to George Blake, the KGBs most famous spy in the UK who had just escaped from prison In the 1960s he was involved with the Movement for Colonial Freedom, and met Kenneth Kaunda, the first president of Zambia Kaunda stayed with him in Earls Court, then invited him to Zambia as his personal assistant when he took over control of the country In Zambia he found God and was ordained in 1975, before being driven out by anti-white thugs He moved to north London in the 80s, and came to national fame in 1997 after saying that stealing from supermarkets was not sinful At his house in St John's Wood Papworth started regular events called Councils for Posterity, where people discussed our legacies to future generations, and which later expanded into larger London venues John Papworth died aged 98 in 2020. Author: John Henley Jasper Heathcote-Williams was an English poet, actor and award-winning playwright He was also an intermittent painter, sculptor and long-time conjuror After his schooldays at Eton, he hacksawed his surnames double-barrel to become Heathcote Williams, a moniker more in keeping perhaps with his new-found persona His father, also named Heathcote Williams, was a lawyer He is perhaps best known for the book-length polemical poem Whale Nation, which in 1988 became "the most powerful argument for the newly instigated worldwide ban on whaling" In the early 1970s his agitational graffiti were a feature on the walls of the then low-rent end of Londons Notting Hill district From his early twenties, Williams has enjoyed a minor cult following His first book, The Speakers (1964), a virtuoso close-focus account of life at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, was greeted with unanimous critical acclaim In 1974 it was successfully adapted for the stage by the Joint Stock Theatre Company. Book Resume: A campaigning narrative poem with an anthology of prose writings on the devastating effect of the motor car on our lives. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and will require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you with the additional charges. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information.
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