Working on Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Bible

May 05, 1953 - The Queen's Coronation Bible Near Completion, the Designer Looks On: 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 panel on front designed by Mr Lynton Lamb. Printed on finest quality Oxford Paper at Oxford University Press, the Bible runs into 1430 pages and was set up by one compositor only. Photo Shows Mr Lynton Lamb the designer looks on while Mr Turner works on hand-tooling the front cover in gold leaf during the binding of the Coronation Bible

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1430 Binding Canterbury Completion Compositor Finest Levant Lynton Pages Runs Scarlet Sutcliffe Tooling

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