The Order of Divine Service for Trinity Sunday 31 May 1953; Being the Sunday preceding Her Majesty's Coronation
[London]: Printed by Her Majesty's Printers, 1953. Octavo (7 7/8 inches tall), stapled in original printed paper wrapper, lettered in in black, 16pp. Slight toning to wrappers and interiors. A near-fine copy. Item #1658
"RECOMMENDED FOR USE IN ALL THE CHURCHES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND"
The Order of Divine Service for Trinity Sunday, in late May 1953, just days before the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
"Issued by Command of the Queen," the Service consists of five sections: Part I. The Order for Morning Prayer, II. At the Holy Communion, III. The Order for Evening Prayer, IV. Prayers and Thanksgivings, V. Hymns. A prefatory note instructs that the "National Anthem shall be sung either at the beginning or at the end...at the discretion of the Minister." Printed by Her Majesty's Printers and published jointly by the Oxford University Press, the Cambridge University Press, Eyre & Spottiswoode, and the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. The Coronation took place on June 2 in Wesminster Abbey.
Price: $30.00