I was so thrilled to find this book recently.
The Life of King George V was published in 1937 with the subtitle “Being a Complete Record of the Late King’s Life of Seventy Eventful Years.” It was complied by W.J. Makin and published in London by George Newnes Limited.
The book, in addition to its in-depth history of the life of George V, contains “nearly 250 half-tone illustrations.” This particular copy is not in the greatest condition. The insides of the covers have been scribbled on in pencil in the 1950s by a little British girl who enjoyed drawing pictures of lovely ladies in lavish gowns and Elvis. Nonetheless, the interior of the book is unmarred.
Let’s take a look inside…
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| George, on the right, with his ill-fated elder brother and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg |
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| The Marriage of Prince George to Princess Mary of Teck |
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| With their first born--"David"--later the Great Abdicator and Kerfuffler, King Edward VIII |
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