[The National Association for Freedom, London.] Publicity pamphlet and membership application form.

A scarce piece of political ephemera, from the turbulent days of 1970s Britain. The only other copy traced at the British Library, where it is tentatively dated to 1977. (The pamphlet certainly dates from before the renaming of the organization as the Freedom Association in late 1978.) Guardian journalist Marina Hyde’s assessment of the organization as a ‘charmless libertarian pressure group’ seems to be supported by the fact that they failed to pick up on the slang connotation of their acronym NAFF, and after renaming (because of a fear of confusion with the National Front) of their new acronym FA. Two items, in good condition. ONE: Publicity pamphlet. 8pp (unnumbered), 12mo. Stapled. Outer covers in red, with lion logo and motto ‘FOR FREEDOM’ on front with name of organization. Six inner pages in blue ink. Some underlining in blue ink, but so carefully done that one might mistake it as part of the printing. List of officers on reverse of first leaf; then full-page ‘Introduction’ by Lord De L’Isle (‘those freedoms which we have championed and which should be the right of all men are being taken from us’); page headed ‘Work of the NAFF’ (listing seven ‘immediate tasks’); page headed ‘The Free Nation’ (‘our widely read national fornightly [sic] paper’); page with Ross McWhirter’s fifteen-point ‘Charter of Rights and Liberties’; page with sections headed ‘What Can I Do?’ (‘Many things have gone wrong in Britain because the vast majority of responsible citizens have allowed militant minorities to call the tune.’) and ‘Subscribers’. TWO: Membership application form. 2pp, 8vo. Including ‘Bankers Order Form’ and ‘CONTACT GROUPS / (An alternative to ordinary membership shown overleaf)’.