London Music Festival 1939: The Festival Book, A Complete Guide and the Programmes

120pp, map, black and white illustrations.  In illustrated light card covers.  16mo.  Covers have some gentle edge wear and are a little faded, rear cover has some toning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.  

This booklet is a guide to the London Music Festival 1939, an extravagant classical music festival held at a time of growing tensions in Europe.  It also features brief articles on Toscanini, the Royal Philarmonic Society,  The BBC Choral Society, the Royal Opera, etc, all of whom appear connected with or participating in the five-week long festival.  The cover of the booklet features a design by the well-known modernist designer E M Kauffer; the same art work featured on flyers and posters for the festival.