| Aberystwyth University, Thomas Parry Library: | Simon 94 |
| Aberystwyth University, Thomas Parry Library: | Simon 94 |
[1]1r
EMPIRE THANKSGIVING SERVICE THE STADIUM, WEMBLEY SUNDAY, 25 MAY, 1924
[6]2r
[1]2 [2-6]4; [1]1 and [6]4 are pastedowns.
[1-2] 3-39; pp.34, 36-39 blank apart from page number; p.35 blank apart from imprint; p.39 is recto of lower pastedown.
11" × 7¾", trimmed, white laid, Abbey Mills; 12pt. Caslon, headings and marginal notes in red, some Caslon italic with additional swash characters; music reproduced from plates on many pages; blue paper wrapper overlapping text, upper wrapper printed: ‘[block of royal arms] [lettering as on t.p.]’
Not in Curwen library or in 1963 handlist. Written and contributed by Douglas Ball, Aberystwyth.
B.L. Catalogue contains entry for a further edition in 1925.
The British Empire Exhibition was opened on 23/Apr/1924, and remained open also in 1925; some of its buildings survived into the 21st century used as a football stadium, were demolished in 2003, and replaced (2007) by a new stadium.
Douglas Ball, 1977
