Holt Ltd (4 results)

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Pp 64 in yellow card covers, printed in brown. Printed on art paper with numerous photographs. Nd, circa 1920s. Sl. marks, a good copy. Postage will be reduced on this item.

Hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 8½'' x 6'' 220 pp. Monochrome illustrations throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Lamport & Holt Line have monochrome illustrated advertisements of sailing's to South America to the lower end papers, and to the front cover is a message in gilt 'With the Compliments of Lamport & Holt, Ltd.,' Member of the P.B.F.A. BRAZIL (Brasil).

Pictorial Cover. Signed Souvenir Programme, quarto, pp., [20]. Paper wraps with photographs to upper and lower cover. Boldly signed "Kind wishes to you, Paul Robeson". Some wear to spine, commensurate with age, otherwise a near fine copy. With a four page biography of Robeson by Marie Seton, a six page programmes of events for the evening (including songs sung) a full-page discography of Robeson's records and a three full page portrait photographs of the singer. Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and civil rights activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and his politics. He toured the United Kingdom a number of times and this programme is from his 1958 tour with Lawrence Brown, featuring a biography, song lyrics, tour dates and further photographs throughout. A pencil asterisk mark next to the Newcastle City Hall date of Thursday 13th November [1958] indicates this was the concert the original purchaser likely attended.