Manufactured circa 1930.
(cardboard box and 13 wood pieces, 4 by 4.75 by 3/8 inches;
move the 2x2 Royal Scott from the upper left corner to the lower right corner;
1931 solution announced on inside of the box top)

Here are Hordern's book moves 0, 11, 15, 22, 32, 45, 55, 59 for every move of the 2x2 piece:

Here are moves 0, 1, 5, 12, 22, 31, 47, 53 for every rectilinear move of the 2x2 piece:

Here are every second position of a solution of 53 rectilinear (55 straight-line) moves: