Public Morals. c1900-1910 1st Edition SIGNED. Provenance: Keir Hardie

Description: Ebay Listing TemplateAnon. Public Morals, c.c1900-1910 1st Edition. Inscribed to Keir Hardy.TITLEPublic Morals. Preface By The Right Rev The Lord Bishop Of Rochester (Edward Stuart Talbot D.D.)AUTHOR ILLUSTRATORPUBLISHERLONDON: Morgan & ScottYEARn.d. (c1900-1910)FORMATHardcover / ClothEDITION1st EditionDESCRIPTIONBlue cloth. Pages: 254 Size: 16mo 18 cm by 10.5 cm.SIGNEDInscribed by Author to Keir Hardy.LANGUAGEEnglishPROVENANCEINSCRIPTION: J. Keir Hardie M.P.-->SUMMARYPublic Morals. Preface By The Right Rev The Lord Bishop Of Rochester (Edward Stuart Talbot D.D.) n.d. (c1900-1910), 1st EditionPROVENANCE INSCRIPTION: J. Keir Hardie M.P.James Keir Hardie (1856-1915) Scottish trade unionist and politician. He was a founder of the Labour Party, and served as its first parliamentary leader from 1906 to 1908. Born in Newhouse, Lanarkshire he started working at the age of seven and worked in the Lanarkshire coal mines. With a background in preaching, he became known as a talented public speaker and was chosen as a spokesman for his fellow miners. In 1879, Hardie was elected leader of a miners' union in Hamilton and organised a National Conference of Miners in Dunfermline. He subsequently led miners' strikes in Lanarkshire (1880) and Ayrshire (1881). He turned to journalism to make ends meet, and from 1886 was a full-time union organiser as secretary of the Ayrshire Miners' Union. Hardie initially supported William Gladstone's Liberal Party, but later concluded that the working class needed its own party. He first stood for parliament in 1888 as an independent, and later that year helped form the Scottish Labour Party. Hardie won the English seat of West Ham South as an independent candidate in 1892, and helped to form the Independent Labour Party (ILP) the following year. He lost his seat in 1895, but was re-elected to Parliament in 1900 for Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. In the same year he helped to form the union-based Labour Representation Committee, which was later renamed the Labour Party. After the 1906 election, Hardie was chosen as the Labour Party's first parliamentary leader. He resigned in 1908 in favour of Arthur Henderson, and spent his remaining years campaigning for causes such as women's suffrage, self-rule for India, and opposition to World War I. He died in 1915 while attempting to organise a pacifist general strike and has called him "Labour's greatest pioneer and its greatest hero".POSTAGE Please note that I use either Royal Mail, Hermes or UPS depending on size, weight and value. If you have a particular requirements please contact me before purchasing.CONDITIONBOOKGoodWear to sharp corners, edges and spine ends. Lightly rubbed and soiled cloth. Tightly bound with heavily toned endpapers. Strong hinges. Inscription to ffep. Heavily toned pages and text block edges.DUST JACKETNo DJ -->

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