Ebury Press, 1992. Hardback. Near Fine. Illustrated edition hardback, 1992, with no jacket as issued. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - black cloth boards a touch faded to spine. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no inscriptions - previous owners name to reverse of front endpaper and a little neat annotation in pencil to several pages in the Evening Prayers chapter; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Retains the grey satin page-marker. Not an old library book.

Synopsis

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: Hall of Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 211602
Title: The Book Of Common Prayer
Format/Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0712654615
ISBN 13: 9780712654616
Publisher: Ebury Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1992
Bookseller catalogs: Religion, Theology and Philosophy;

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...