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A second copy of the Omar Khayyam was bound as World War II broke out and this was placed in a bank safe vault for safe keeping, but enemy bombing destroyed the vault and the second copy. Stanley Bray after his retirement made a third version of the binding using the original design, this is now in
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in 1936, he entrusted the business to his nephew, Stanley Bray (1907–1995), who had worked for his uncle since 1926. The company merged with HT Woods in 1939, bringing Kenneth Hobson to the firm. He introduced a more modern style of binding. Bray inherited the company on Sutcliffe's death. The
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in 1985 and renamed SSZ Limited. Shepherds, a bookbinding company, bought the company from Asprey in 1998, and revived the Sangorski & Sutcliffe name. The bindery recently moved from its premises in Bermondsey to
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In 1898, Sangorski and Sutcliffe each won one of the ten annual craft scholarship awards, giving them £20 a year for three years to continue their training as
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Sangorski & Sutcliffe was established by Francis Sangorski (1875–1912) and George Sutcliffe (1878–1943). They had met in 1896 at a bookbinding
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in 1912. The book, known as the Great Omar, sank with the ship and has not been recovered. Shortly afterwards, Sangorski drowned.
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in 1901. It is considered to be one of the most important bookbinding companies of the 20th century, famous for its luxurious
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Sutcliffe continued the firm, which became recognised as one of the leading bookbinders in London. The bindery moved to
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Sangorski's elder brother, Alberto Sangorski (1862–1932), worked for the firm. He became an accomplished
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bookbinders. They were employed at Cockerell's own bindery, and began to teach bookbinding at
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caused an economic slump, and they decided to set up on their own in a rented attic in
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituarystanley-bray-1322465.html
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and the J. & E. Bumpus bookshop. It also created miniature books for
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The Cinderella of the Arts: A Short History of Sangorski & Sutcliffe
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that used real gold and precious stones in their book covers.
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