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10" (25 cm.) x 7". The 160-page hardbound book has gilt embossed lettering on the cover The Queen's Dolls' House and "Shirley Temple April 23rd, 1938". The book, edited by Benson and Weaver, was published by The Daily Telegraph and Methuen & Co. in 1924, and is an abridged account of the elaborate doll house constructed for Her Majesty. A glued-in inscription on the frontispiece is sent from Hong Kong on April 23, 1938 indicating its purpose as a birthday gift, reading "To Shirley, In homage & loving admiration from two English friends, Aileen & Diane Woods, ‘the Twins' ".