THANKSGIVING

[Victory in Europe thanksgiving, St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1945.] Three printed items: two orders of service, one signed by Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, and Commodore C. M. Ford of the Queen Elizabeth; with Usher Hall radio broadcast songsheet.

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[Victory in Europe thanksgiving, St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1945] Andrew Browne Cunningham (1883-1963), 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope; Commodore Charles Musgrave Ford (1887-1974)
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Items One and Two from St Giles' Cathedral. ONE: 'Solemn Thanksgiving to Almighty God for Victory in Europe', 16 May 1945. TWO (signed): ''Presentation and Reception', 27 September 1945. THREE: Songsheet from Usher Hall, undated.
£100.00

The three items are in good condition, lightly aged and discoloured. Slight traces of glue from mount to the blank last page of the second item. Each with neat creases from folding. ONE: ‘St Giles’ Cathedral / Solemn Thanksgiving to Almighty God / for / Victory in Europe / WEDNESDAY, 16th MAY 1945 / This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.’ (‘ORDER OF DIVINE SERVICE’.) [4]pp, 12mo. Bifolium.

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[pamphlet on King George III's illness] A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God; [...] for the signal Interposition of His good Providence in delivering our most Gracious Sovereign from the severe Illness with which he hath been afflicted.

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[Prayer and Thanksgiving for the recovery of King George III, 1789; Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, the King's Printers; liturgies; forms of prayer]
Pamphlet on King George III's illness
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By His Majesty's Special Command. London: Printed by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1789.
£56.00
Pamphlet on King George III's illness

Small 4to, 12 pp. Disbound, with neat strip of ribbon to margin of last page, and vertical fold from placement in 8vo volume. Very good, with neat repairs to last two leaves. Cropped contemporary ownership signature of Gilbert Buchanan (from whose collection of pamphlets the item derives) at head of title-page. This original is uncommon: the large majority of the entries for this item on COPAC are for electronic reproductions.

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