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'The Need of a National Party' 1890-1920. Material from the papers of J. Cuming Walters editor of Manchester City News regarding the formation of a national party including drafts of autograph lectures by him pamphlet cuttings proofs.

ref. 18948Manchester and London. Between 1890 and 1920. A useful background guide is Geoffrey Russell Searle's 'Country before Party: Coalition and the Idea of "National Government' in Modern Britain 1885-1987' London 1995. As the manuscripts in this collection indicate Cuming Walters cherished the idea of a national party from the 1890s and he was able to re-use material from that period on the formation of the National Party in 1920 not to be confused with the party of the same name a pamphlet relating to which is present dating from 1917. The collection is in fair condition with most items lightly-aged and worn but with one or two with slight loss and damage. ONE: Corrected Autograph Manuscript Draft of unpublished paper by J. Cuming Walters: 'A National Party'. Dated 'October 1890'. 35pp. 12mo. Heavily revised. TWO: Part of later corrected Autograph Manuscript Draft of Item One by J. Cuming Walters. Conclusion of lecture. Dated at end 'October 1890'. On 28 pieces of paper mostly 12mo with the main section paginated 16-41. THREE: Corrected Autograph Manuscript of unpublished lecture by J. Cuming Walters: 'The Need of a National Party A Lecture delivered at the Ladywood Conservative Club October 8th. 1890 by J. Cuming Walters'. 2 14pp. 12mo. Heavily revised with numerous deletions. Introductory 'Note' by 'J. C. W.': 'Very hastily written but not hastily conceived this Lecture can only claim attention for any new ideas it may contain & not for the manner in which they are expressed. I have tried to speak plainly and without fear; & I only ask in return that the plain issues should be considered & criticised. To the members of the Ladywood Conservative Club for whom it was written & who received it so cordially this Lecture is dedicated.' FOUR: Galley proofs of both parts of article 'Political Ideals. Why not a National Party By an Ex-M.P.' 1911. Initialled at head of first part by Cuming Walters with autograph note: 'Uncorrected Proof'. FIVE: Newspaper cutting of 'Political Ideals. Why not a National Party By an Ex-M.P.' Manchester City News 11 February 1911. SIX: Five pages of manuscript start of article 'Political Ideals Why not a National Party By an Ex-M.P.' In Cuming Walters' hand and with instructions by him to printers. With a three miscellaneous autograph leaves letterhead of the Manchester Evening Chronicle card addressed to Cuming Walters. SEVEN: Pamphlet: 'The National Party to promote Reform Union and Defence. A Statement of Policy.' Published by The Provisional Committee of The National Party at 22 King Street St. James' London S.W.1. 1917 15pp. 8vo. Stapled. With stamp on cover of the 'Secretary – National Party 23 Kilvert's Buildings Withy Grove Manchester.' List at front of 27 'Members of both Houses of Parliament and other public men' who issued the 'original Manifesto' from 'Colonel Lord Ampthill G.C.S.I. G.C.I.E.' to 'Lt.-Col. Lord Stafford D.S.O.' Headings include 'Failure of the old Party System' and 'Aims of the National Party'. Datable from the following: 'The Empire has now been engaged for three years in a war which our leading party statesmen claim to have foreseen.' Only three copies on COPAC: at the Imperial War Museum National Library of Scotland and Oxford. Items Eight to Ten are printed articles extracted from magazines. EIGHT: S. Hutchinson Harris 'A Plea for a National Party'. Fortnightly Review 1904. 10pp. 8vo paginated 1028-1037. NINE: John Beattie Crozier 'Suggestions for a New Political Party. Its Principles and Methods with Some Applications'. Fortnightly Review 1905. 16pp. 8vo paginated 195-210. TEN: Henry Jones 'Idealism and Politics. I.' Contemporary Review 1907. 12pp. 8vo paginated 610-621. ELEVEN: Newspaper cuttings from Manchester Evening Chronicle 16 July 1919. Report titled 'To-day's Political Sensation. New Centre Party Launched for Reconstruction Era. Premier as Leader. Great Lobby Excitement: Coalition Funds Amalgamated.'; and editorial titled 'New Party and the New Problems'. The editorial begins: 'As was generally anticipated the dinner to Mr. Winston Churchill last night possessed great political significance. Mr. Churchill who had just returned from a long conference with the Prime Minister delivered a carefully prepared speech in which he dilated on the necessity of forming a permanent Centre Party out of the elements of the present Coalition. Sir George Younger for the Unionists and Captain Guest for the Coalition Liberals associated themselves with the views expressed by Mr. Churchill.' TWELVE: Newspaper cutting from the Manchester City News 17 January 1920. Article titled 'A National Party'. Manchester and London. Between 1890 and 1920. unknown

['The Pioneer']Biblio.com

'The Pioneer'. Land and Labor Library of Australasia. Volume I Number 1 1 November 1890 to Volume I Number 13 18 April 1891

1890ref. 109514Adelaide: Printed for the Proprietor and Publisher A. Timmann at the 'Pioneer' Office 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Printed for the Proprietor and Publisher A. Timmann at the 'Pioneer' Office 1890 and 1891. Octavo 13 issues bound in one volume 148 pages continuous pagination plus the large folding supplement to Number 10 March 7 1891 a broadside 455 × 335 mm with illustrations. Contemporary flush-cut quarter leather and stippled cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; neat repairs to the leather at the head and foot of the spine; acidic newsprint used for the last two numbers uniformly tanned; overall in excellent condition. The recto of the large folding supplement to Number 10 contains the text with three line illustrations of an article that 'appeared originally in the "SA Register" in six short letters': 'Protection or Freedom Our Manufactories Our People and Our Land Values'. The verso of the broadside is devoted entirely to advertisements some illustrated with large engravings. The final issue of the journal was Volume 5 Number 5 24 December 1892. Although the Single Tax League of South Australia figures prominently throughout a notice printed at the foot of the last page of the first issue suggests the journal had a broader platform. 'The publication of "The Pioneer" is undertaken solely with a view to stimulate thought and promote discussion and if approved of it is hoped will find the ready support of all Friends of Reform. The labor involved is given voluntarily and gratuitously; any profits made will go entirely towards extending its range of operations.' The journal ran for 57 issues ceasing publication with Volume V Number 5 24 December 1892. Provenance: Arthur W. Piper 1865-1936 a South Australian Supreme Court judge with his small name-stamp and personal library number 677 on the front pastedown. Printed for the Proprietor and Publisher, A. Timmann, at the 'Pioneer' Office hardcover

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[Henry Labouchere [Henry Du Pre Labouchere] (1831-1912), English politician, writer and theatre owner, proprietor of the satiricBiblio.com

'Truth' Victorian satirical magazine edited by Horace Voules and owned by Henry Labouchère. Spoof share prospectus for the flotation of 'The British Empire Unlimited' with 'Memorandum of Association'.

ref. 13777'Supplement to "Truth" Christmas Number December 25 1898.' Printed by Love & Wyman Ltd. Great Queen Street London W.C. 4pp. folio. Originally on a bifolium but now with the two leaves separated and attached to a white stub from an album. In good condition on aged and lightly-spotted paper and trimmed at the head. Laid out in the conventional manner With the reverse of the final leaf printed in landscape so that the item can be folded into the customary package. The same page carries the 'Memorandum of Association' in small print including 24 lettered 'objects for which the Company is established' including 'v To acquire the right to levy taxes on Bicycles Piano-Organs Musical-Evenings Wagners "Ring" Flashing Street Advertisements Motor-Cars Lord Mayor's Shows Public Statues Matinee Hats Minor Poets "Bloomers" Light Tenors Professional Beauties Golfers Drawing-room Receiters and Money-lenders.' The document begins with an Iinitial list of directors and other company officers followed by the 'Prospectus' proper beginning: 'THIS Company has been formed to acquire as a going concern the old-established business of the BRITISH EMPIRE which deals in Colonies Armies Ironclads Law Making Treaty Ports Coaling Stations Post Offices Telegraphs Telephones Public Education Criminal Prosecutions Pioneering Fighting Massacring Civilising Concession Granting Prospecting Mission Founding &c. &c. and is believed to be the largest of its kind in the World.' The prospectus continues in the same vein with a list of the 'principal Foreign Agencies of the business' from Aden to Zanzibar adding: 'In addition to the properties enumerated above the Company will acquire from the Vendors "spheres of influence" in all parts of the world.' References follow to 'the important asset known as the Suzerainty of the South African Republic' 'the "Open Door" situate in the Chinese Empire' 'prospecting expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic Regions' and other international affairs. There is also a description of the state of the books by 'Messrs. Olde Turk & Co.' C. R. Harrison in his 'House of Harrison' 1914 explains the context of the satire: 'The twenty-second Christmas number of Truth devoted itself to a clever political satire entitled "The British Empire Unlimited." Truth is before all things Liberal in its politics and the aim of the satire was to poke fun and ridicule at the then Conservative Government the author especially attacking the Marquis of Salisbury who was Prime Minister on the ground of his wide Imperial Policy and satirizing his well-known ability for administration and attention to detail. The story represents Lord Salisbury bringing out a gigantic Commercial Company entitled "The British Empire Unlimited" to run the affairs of the nation on a commercial basis; he being Promoter and Director and the other members of the Government and celebrities of the day each having his allotted post. The prospectus like that of other commercial undertakings was full of bold advertisement and was prepared confidentially with a view to bursting on the public attention as a surprise.' 'Supplement to "Truth" Christmas Number, December 25, 1898.' Printed by Love & Wyman, Ltd., Great Queen Street, London, W.C. unknown

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Arnold Wesker (1932-2016), radical English Jewish playwright, one of the 1950s 'angry young men':Biblio.com

'We weren't very angry either': Arnold Wesker radical English Jewish playwright. Autograph Letter Signed to Paul Furness about the part played by the pub and drinking for Jews the ‘angry young men’ David Mercer and in his own life.

ref. 258999 October 1982. On his letterhead 27 Bishop’s Road London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 4to. In good condition lightly aged. Folded for postage and in stamped and postmarked envelope with Wesker’s address printed on it addressed to Furness in Battersea. One of a number of letters from British poets in response to enquiries from Paul Furness with regard to their pub memories. Addressed to ‘Dear Mr Furness’ and signed ‘Arnold Wesker’. Begins: ‘You must understand this about Jews: they descend from parents who fled pogroms which where sic usually lanched sic from the inns where peasants assembled and became drunk.’ Turning to his own experience he continues: ‘Neither I nor my family nor my circle of friends frequented pubs. The ignorant gathered there to realease sic their beery prejudices and hatreds to stimulate dutch courage & to give reign to a spurious imagination. / We gathered in our kitchens & shared tea sandwiches bread pudding matzos dipped in egg & fried & - if we were lucky - a little chicken-soup.’ He states that he still doesn’t ‘have the pub habit’ before turning to the ‘angry young men’ who ‘were never a group’ and ‘shared no social life’. ‘We weren’t very angry either. We simply had energy & that special joy which comes from recognition. I was rarely angry - except with fools idiot critics and I’m afraid drunks.’ He concludes: ‘David Mercer drank himself to death & was only ever maudlin when drunk as I find most people drunk become. Maudlin or self centred. Conversation is impossible. They only want to be heard.’ He ends with apologies that he ‘cant be more helpful’. 9 October 1982. On his letterhead, 27 Bishop’s Road, London. unknown

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