A light olive green hardcover book titled the "Golden Canon." The front cover has a colourful illustration on it of men fighting amidst gun smoke on the desk of a sailing ship. The title is above the picture, while below is the authors name, "G.A. Henty." The title and author name are repeated on the spine while the back is blank. There is an inscription inside the front cover that reads "Alfie [...] xmas 1919".