Back before the days when we bought books in book shops and Book Tokens were made to look like rip-off store cards, they were attractive things made of paper and, astonishingly, might be designed by an artist of the stature of John Nash.
How would you like one of those for your birthday? (Even if it doesn’t look a typical Nash.)
That’s when a present felt like a present.
< sigh >
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