Published by Hampton Court Books, this tightly-bound booklet/pamphlet is now 70 years old, and it’s in complete fine condition for its age. The clock on the front cover is perfect and has two moving dials on the 24 hour background dial. Cover price of half a crown (12.5p); the two-an-six bit coin completely covered my palm when I was a kid. This booklet is surprisingly (to me) readable, in the small portions I’ve perused, and useful if you need to learn monarchist history from Cromwell to George 111 (1760) at the start of the industrial revolution. The amazon image ((ASIN: B001AGOOKY) has orange dials and no cover price – indicating there were different editions of this, though they say theirs was 1^st ed. of 67 pages (my one has 68 pages plus covers). The other image they have looks similar to mine and must have been uploaded ages ago (because it’s not on the Amazon-specified white background) and has the 2/6^d cover price. Although it’s billed as a later edition (“reprint”), it has the same publication date (01/01/1954). I don’t think it’s the same as this one because they credit an illustrator (Don Newton) who does not exist in the copy offered here. Anyway, all other versions I can find are no longer available, except, maybe, the copy in the New Zealand Cricket Museum, donated by Eris Paton, on tour with the NZ Women’s cricket team in 1954! (Object number: 2017.32.111).

I would say this, but this is a lovely thing in lovely condition, the only potential problem is the rusting on the staples and the diagonal crease on the rear cover. This 140g pack will be sent Royal Mail 2^nd class signed-for for £3.25 unless you request enhanced shipping before paying.

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