Many thanks to Hazelhunter on my forum, who did all the work in this section The
two versions compared are the Hodder and Stoughton first edition from 1951, and the
Knight paperback from 1988.
If you have the very first Knight paperback from 1968, you will know that Black Boy becomes Danny Boy in that edition. In all Knight editions after that, he reverted to Black Boy.
The changes that were made seem to reflect social changes; rationing was over, Charles Laughton wasn’t as well known as he had been, and most people no longer had maids. Cars no longer had the sort of indicator that flicked out from the side of the car. Richmond Show no longer existed.
Jill still isn’t allowed to wear make up. The solitary reference to lipstick has
been deleted. It’s odd that in what was a decade when girls were allowed to behave
in ways Jill wouldn’t have dreamed of, make up wasn’t allowed.
Many thanks to Fidra Books for letting us use sections of the text of A Stable for Jill.
In the section below, the first page number is the first edition and the second number
corresponds to the paperback. This list isn’t necessarily definitive: we’ve tried
to be as careful as possible, but can make no guarantee about the accuracy or completeness.
General notes:
• Quotation marks are double in the first edition, single in the paperback
• Words such as 'realised' and 'sympathised' have been spelt with a 'z' e.g. 'realized' 'sympathized'
The Cold World for Me
Pg.11/10 Olympia becomes Wembley
Pg. 19/15 The thirty pounds Jill’s Mother gives her is raised to forty pounds and is for subsequent references.
Pg. 19/16 Pocket money of two pounds is raised to three pounds.
Home Life at Cecilia’s
Pg. 20/17 Description of what Jill does with her hair has been altered from:
“Taking off my hair slide and rolling my hair up at the front and sides and putting in Kirbigrips”
To:
“Taking off my hair-
Pg.21/19 “Without putting out her indicator” is changed to: “Without using her indicators at all”
Pg. 26/23 “Aunt’s maid” becomes “Aunt’s help”
“Dig me out some carrots” becomes “Dig me some carrots” (mistake?)
“Mack” becomes “mac”
“soul-
Pg. 26/23-
Horsy People at Last
Pg. 28/25 “Hallo” becomes “Hullo” (x3)
Pg. 29/26 “Richmond Horse Show” becomes “Royal International Horse Show’”
Pg. 29/27 Reference to the Walters’ father reminding Jill of Charles Laughton In ‘The Barretts of Wimpole Street’ has been removed.
Pg. 30/27 “Jill’s Gymkhana” is in italics in the paperback.
Pg. 31/28 A subsequent reference to Charles Laughton has been replaced with: “As bad as I had imagined”
Exile or Worse
No changes
Ideas about Ballerina
No changes
Three More Horses
Pg. 55/53 “would fetch it for about three bob”’ has been changed to: “would fetch it for us cheaply”
Pg. 57/54 “Four bob” becomes “fifty pence”; “Half a crown” becomes “thirty”
Walters and Crewe Ltd
Pg. 66/60 “gollopped” is re-
Pg. 67/63 “‘Aunt’s maid” becomes “Aunt’s help”
Pg. 70/95 “brushed our hairs” becomes “brushed our hair”
Pg. 71/65 LTD. Becomes LTD (and subsequently)
People Want to Ride
Pg. 73/69 Four shillings to twenty five pence
Ten shillings to sixty five pence
Seventeen and six to ‘pound’
Pg. 76/72 Seventeen and six to ‘pound’
“It’ll probably be about five pounds any-
Stable Trouble
Pg. 81/76 “Good gracious!” she said looking round and walking backwards into Ballerina,…”
Altered to:
“Good gracious!” she said gazing round with a look of astonishment on her face and walking….”
Pg. 83/79 Eight shillings to fifty pence
Pg. 85/80 “Where they very kindly got me the Cable Office on the phone and I phoned my message”
Altered to:
“where I handed in my message”
Pg. 85/81 “supper gong” becomes “tea gong”
Pg. 86/82 The reference to the coloured darning skeins has been deleted.
2/-
How not to buy Horses
Pg. 90/87 Reference to the lipstick being “a very dark experienced looking red” has been deleted.
2/-
Pg. 92/89 “nineteen or twenty pounds” becomes “thirty pounds”
Pg. 92/89 “eighty pounds” to “a hundred pounds”
Forty pounds to sixty pounds
Pg. 94/91 fifty pounds to seventy pounds
twenty pounds to thirty pounds
ten pounds to twenty pounds
eleven to twenty one
twelve to twenty two
thirteen to twenty three
eighteen to twenty eight
nineteen to twenty nine
twenty to thirty
Pg. 94/92 twenty one to thirty one
twenty two to thirty two
Pg. 96/92 “whizzo” becomes “super”
Pg. 97/94 twenty two to thirty two
And as for Pedro
Pg. 98/93 twenty two to thirty two
Pg. 105/102 thirty pounds to forty pounds
twenty seven to thirty seven
Begorra is a Success
Pg. 111/108 thirty pounds to forty pounds
Pg. 112/109 ‘three bob’ to ‘twenty five pence’
The ‘stinging you’ term has been deleted.
Pg. 114/112 The “two shilling piece and a shilling for Alison’s lesson”
Is changed to:
“twenty five pence for Alison’s lesson”
Cecilia’s Birthday
No Changes
A Great Day at the Stable
Pg. 131/129 Invitation has lost its full stops.
1/-
Pg. 135/132 “not our butter ration” becomes “not your father’s butter”
Pg.137/134 Two paragraphs (eight lines) removed describing Agatha complaining that they had used up a week’s tea ration for four. The reference to Jill describing the next lot of tea as very weak but they were use to it in "these days" is also removed.
Pg. 138/136 ‘shilling’ becomes ‘penny’
‘nine pounds twelve shillings’ becomes ‘nine pounds sixty five
‘eight pounds fifteen shillings becomes ‘eight pounds seventy five’
Pg. 139/136 “One more little tiny pot of tea” becomes “one more pot of tea”
I am Knocked for Six
Pg. 145/143 soul-
Pg. 147/145 “Coffee out of the Cona” changed to “coffee and milkshakes”
Pg. 148/146 thirty pounds to forty pounds
Fifteen pounds to twenty pounds
Forty five pounds to sixty pounds
There’s a Coincidence
Pg. 153/150 Air ministry becomes Met. Office
Pg. 159/158 Forty five pounds to sixty pounds
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN FIRST EDITION (Caney)
Frontispiece: Jill in plaits and jodhpurs sitting holding her hands together.
Pg. 13 Blackboy nuzzling Jill’s shoulder.
Pg. 14 Jill looking round the door at her mother at the typewriter.
Pg. 16 Jill feeling dismal sitting on her bed.
Pg. 18 Jill with her mother who is holding a wallet behind her back
Pg. 21 Cecilia and Aunt Primrose meeting Jill arriving on the train
Pg. 25 Jill standing on a gate enticing the working mare
Pg. 30 Jill meeting Mike, Bar and Pat who are sitting on a gate
Pg. 33 Jill trying Ballerina
Pg. 50/51 Three separate headshots of Bungie, Mipsy and Dot
Pg. 53 Jill holding a bridle approaching one of the horses
Pg. 56 Bar, Mike and Jill carrying tack out of the stable
Pg. 61 The children cleaning and whitewashing the stable
Pg. 62 Bar holding Dot. Jill and Pat running with halters
Pg. 63 Mipsy
Pg. 70 Jill nailing up the Walters and Crewe sign while Mike, Bar and Pat watch
Pg. 80 Mipsy and Jill exhausted after grooming him
Pg. 95 Begorra at the auction with Bar in a bowler and Jill wearing the ‘glasses’
Pg. 99 Jill looking at ‘Pedro’ harnessed to the timber cart (and wearing blinkers)
Pg. 109 Jill with Major Foster and Alison looking at the stable
Pg. 117 Pedro looking over a half door at Bar holding a bucket
Pg. 120 Jill on Begorra
Pg. 121 Bar on Ballerina
Pg. 130 Jill sitting on Pedro who is facing away
Pg. 133 The children writing out the invitations
Pg. 141 (Also cover impression) Mipsy? Looking over a half door at Dot
Pg. 150 Bar on Ballerina and Pat on Begorra cantering
Pg. 151 Jill on Pedro and Mike on Mipsy cantering
Pg. 159 Jill waving and pulling along Mipsy
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN 1988 KNIGHT EDITION (Bonar Dunlop)
Pg. 18 Jill carrying a suitcase along the station while Cecilia and Aunt Primrose watch
Pg. 25 Mike, Bar and Jill looking over a gate at Ballerina and Pat sitting on a gatepost
Pg. 61 Jill holding Bungie while Mike leaps onto him
Pg. 68 Jill and Bar meeting Major Foster at the stable
Pg. 93 Jill in ‘glasses’ and Bar in a bowler at the auction, bidding
Pg. 97 J. Biggs with Pedro harnessed to the cart
Pg. 110 Jill teaching Alison to ride while Major Foster watches
Pg. 117 Jill on Begorra and Bar on Ballerina cantering
Pg. 135 Major Foster standing on the mounting block thanking the ‘hosts’
Pg. 145 Major Foster and Jill talking at a table at the George while Pat, Bar and Mike
look at pictures in the background.
Pg. 154 Bar on Ballerina competing in the bending
Pg. 157 Jill waving and pulling along Mipsy
A Stable for Jill
