Author Description

The Anarchist Reader. Edited and compiled by George Woodcock. Published by Harvester Press / Humanities Press, Hassocks, Sussex, England / Atlantic Highlands, New York, in 1977. First British hardcover edition, first printing, as indicated by the statement "First published in England in 1977 by the Harvester Press Limited" at the top of the copyright page. Printed in Great Britain. Black full-cloth hardcover with gold lettering on spine. Red endpapers. 383 pages. Dust jacket has "Harvester Press" printed on front cover. From the dust "A major new 'reader', bringing together the critical statements of every important Anarchist thinker and writer since the earliest development of Anarchist politics. This book is edited by the most respected scholar in the entire field."