0 Pocket sized book with slipcase Produced for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 1953. Queen's Monogram and date to front cover in Gilt. Gilt edged pages. Presentation page to front (Not filled-in) to Commemorate the Coronation. Published by O.U.P 1953. VG clean condition. Gift inscription to rear of frontispiece page dated 1953. Slipcase in good condition with Queen's Monogram and date to side. Worn label to underside.

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This exquisite Deluxe Edition of the Anglican prayer book and literary masterpiece commemorates the 350th anniversary of the 1662 edition intimately familiar to our most enduring writers (Austen, Swift, the Brontës). It features a new introduction by The New Yorker ’s book critic, James Wood, discussing how it has influenced the English language and literature. As essential to the canon as the Bible and the plays of Shakespeare, The Book of Common Prayer has been in daily use for centuries. Originally produced for the Church of England in the sixteenth century by Thomas Cranmer, who was burned at the stake upon the accession to the throne of the ardently Catholic Queen Mary, it contains the entire liturgy as first presented in English—as well as some of the oldest phrases to be used by modern English speakers. Here are the daily prayers, scripture readings, psalm recitals, and the services marking such religious milestones as baptism, confirmation, and marriage (“to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, to till death do us part”), all from the 1662 edition, whose words live on to this day sin figures of speech, ceremonial vows and benedictions, and in the work of some of the greatest writers in English literature.

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Bookseller: Idlegeniusbooks (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007194
Title: Book of Common Prayer
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1953
Keywords: Queen Elizabeth II Coronation 1953

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VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...