Working on Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Bible

May 12, 1953 - The Queen's Coronation Bible Nears Completion. Working On The Pages. Work on the new Bible which is to be presented to the Queen at the Coronation ceremony by the Archbishop of Canterbury is being completed - bound by Messrs. Sangorski and Sutcliffe in scarlet levant leather with a white leather panel on front - designed by Mr Lynton Lamb. Printed on the finest quality Oxford India Paper the Bible runs into 1430 pages and was set up by one compositor only, at the Oxford University Press. Keystone Photo Shows: Miss Maggs of Southwark at work on the pages during the binding of the new Coronation Bible

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