An archive of manuscript material. - 'The Foundations of Sovereignty', 1920, pp. 24 - 'The Russian Enigma', n.d., pp. 7 - [The Introduction to:] 'The Defence of Liberty against Tyrants. A Translation of the 'Vindiciae contra tyrannos' by Junius Brutus. With an historical introduction', [1923], pp. 70 - 'America: 1947', [1947], pp. 17 - 'The British Labour Party after Fifty Years', [1950], pp. 13

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A group of published and unpublished material from one of the twentieth-century's leading political theorists of the left, offering a small but representative cross-section of his thought and activity over a thirty year period. Born into a Jewish family in Manchester, Laski's energetic intellect took him to New College, Oxford, and then Harvard where his burgeoning reputation was founded on his espousal of the doctrine of pluralism; returning to England in 1920, he became a leading figure in the Labour Party and the Fabian Society - taking up a lectureship at the London School of Economics, a post that he retained for the last thirty years of his life. Laski was 'the best-known socialist intellectual of his era' (ODNB) and, though a shift towards Marxism during the 1930s attracted controversy, his importance and reputation were well established, and his work has proved enduring. Of the material here, the article on 'The Russian Enigma', and the late essay on 'The British Labour Party after Fifty Years', would appear to be unpublished.[With:] A collection of pamphlets and offprints by the same, some inscribed, comprising:-- 'A Note on Sovereignty and Federalism', offprint from The Canadian Law Times, Vol. 35. 1915- 'The Sovereignty of the State', offprint from The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, Vol. XIII, No. 4, February 1916, ms. correction to text in author's hand- 'The Political Theory of the Disruption', offprint from The American Political Science Review', Vol. X, No. 3, 1916, inscribed 'With love from Harold' to front- 'The Basis of Vicarious Liability', offprint from the Yale Law Journal, December 1916, inscribed 'With love from Harold' to front - 'The Early History of the Corporation in England', offprint from the Harvard Law Review, Vol. XXX, No. 6, 1917, inscribed 'With love from Harold' to front- Problem of Administrative Areas. Smith College Studies in History, Vol. IV, No. 1, October 1918, inscribed 'With love from Harold' to front- 'Recent Contributions to Political Science', offprint from Ecomonica, Issued Terminally by the London School of Economics and Political Science. January 1921. T. Fisher Unwin, 1921- The Position of Parties and the Right of Dissolution. Fabian Tract No. 210. The Fabian Society, 1924, inscribed 'With love & good wishes, H.J.L.' to front- The Problem of a Second Chamber. Fabian Tract No. 213. The Fabian Society, 1925, inscribed 'With love from Harold' to front- Socialism and Freedom. Fabian Tract No. 216. The Fabian Society, 1925, inscribed 'With my love, H.J.L.' to front- Karl Marx. An Essay [reprint]. The Fabian Society and Geo. Allen & Unwin, 1925, ownership inscription of J.G. Elkington to title-page and some annotation to the text in the same hand- On the Study of Politics. An Inaugural Lecture Delivered at the London School of Economics and Political Science on 22 October 1926. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1926 [2 copies]- The Recovery of Citizenship. Self and Society Booklets, No. 4. Ernest Benn, 1928- The Socialist Tradition in the French Revolution. The Fabian Society and Geo. Allen & Unwin, 1930- The Limitations of the Expert. Fabian Tract No. 235. The Fabian Society, 1931- The Labour Party, The War and The Future. The Labour Party, 1939, inscribed 'With my love, H' to front- Is This an Imperialist War? Labour Party, 1940, inscribed 'With love from Harold' to front- Will Planning Restrict Freedom? The Planning Bogies series. The Architectural Press, [1944], inscribed 'With love from Harold' at head of text- Democracy at the Cross-Roads, NCLC Publishing, n.d.- What is Democracy [with Lord Lindsay, S. de Madariaga, Bertrand Russell, and D.W. Brogan]. Peace Aims Pamphlet 38. National Peace Council, [1946]- The Secret Battalion. An Examination of the Communist Attitude to the Labour Party. The Labour Party, [1946]- 'What Socialism Means to Me', offprint from Labour Forum, 1 [1948]