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[Printed pamphlet.] Souvenir of the Welcome Home Demonstration to greet J. Keir Hardie, M.P. On his return from his World Tour. [On front wrap: Welcome Home to J. Keir Hardie M.P. from his World's Tour July 12th, 1907, to March 23rd, 1908.]

Author: 
'Chairman J. Ramsay MacDonald, M.P. (Chairman I.L.P.) [J. Keir Hardie; Independent Labour Party]
Publication details: 
Garden City Press Limited, Letchworth, Herts. [Royal Albert Hall, London. April 5th, 1908.]
£90.00

Twelve unpaginated pages,19.5 x 9 cm. Stitched into printed card wraps. Printed on shiny art paper, with a full-page reproduction of a caricature from Vanity Fair, and a half-page reproduction of a cartoon from the Daily Despatch. Beginning with the lyrics of 'Annie Laurie' and ending with those of 'England, Arise', 'Sons of Labour' and 'The Red Flag', and including 'A Reminiscence and a Welcome' (three pages) and 'From Pit to Parliament' (two pages). Scarce: no copy in the British Library, and the only copy on COPAC at the National Library of Scotland.

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