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Books in the British genre:

The Complete Father Brown Stories (2012)

This omnibus collection of detective stories about a Catholic priest considered one of the high spots of detective fiction includes the three uncollected stories as well as the contents of all five of the original books.

Author(s): G. K. Chesterton
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Mike and Psmith (2012)

Originally published as the second part of Mike. On his first day at his new public school Mike meets Psmith, the P is silent, a superannuated Etonian.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Peter Pan: Lost and Found (2012)

An introduction to Peter Pan for those who are just learning to read.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Susan Hill
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (2012)

Gussie Fink-Nottle seems to have lost his affection for Madeline Bassett, meaning Bertie is on the hook again, so he rallies round, only to find himself deeper in the swamp. Fortunately Jeeves comes to the rescue, but at the price of Bertie’s a... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Tales of St. Austin’s (2012)

A dozen ‘public school’ stories set at St. Austin’s.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (2012)

Twenty-five stories of boarding school life by the Master.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): T. M. R. Whitwell

Watership Down (2012)

The rabbits of Sandleford Warren set out to find a new home on Watership Down.

Author(s): Richard Adams
Illustrator(s): Aldo Galli

Can I Come Too? (2013)

A mouse journeys to see the largest creature, picking up other curious animals along the way.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Brian Patten
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

Edward Lear’s Alphabet of Nonsense (2013)

This is a facsimile of the 1862 original.

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

If I Were You (2013)

In a tip of the hat to Gilbert and Sullivan, P.G. Wodehouse presents Anthony, Fifth Earl of Droitwich and hairdresser Syd Price who may or may not have been switched by the nanny.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin (2013)

Monty is putting in his second year of servitude to Ivor Llewellyn to earn Gertrude Butterwick’s hand when he discovers that Sandy Miller is really the one for him. The usual gang of crooks is prowling around Mrs. Llewellyn’s pearls and g... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The White Feather (2013)

Sheen funks it when faced with fighting a townee and Wrykyn shuns him. He takes tuition and wins his class at Aldershot.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The Luck Stone (2014)

Originally written in 1908 and published in a British magazine, Chums, this is a school story with plenty of blood-and-thunder.

The Military Invasion of America, A Remarkable Tale of the German-Japanese Invasion of 1915 (2014)

While everyone is on August holiday, England’s enemies take the opportunity to invade her. Only Clarence and his boy scout troop stand in their way. Wodehouse later adapted this short novel to America as The Military Invasion of America, A Rema... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Not George Washington (2014)

An autobiographical novel about a young Englishman breaking into the literary world in London.

Performing Flea: A Self-Portrait in Letters (2014)

Comprises a selection of the letters Wodehouse wrote to Townend over a period of more than thirty years.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England (2014)

While every one is on August holiday England’s enemies take the opportunity to invade her. Only Clarence and his boy scout troop stand in their way. Wodehouse later adapted this short novel to America as The Military Invasion of America, A Rema... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England: &, The Military Invasion of America (2014)

While everyone is on August holiday England’s enemies take the opportunity to invade her. Only Clarence and his boy scout troop stand in their way. Wodehouse later adapted this short novel to America as The Military Invasion of America, A Remar... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

By the Way: 200 Verses (2015)

A collection of verse by P.G. Wodehouse originally written for the Globe ‘By the Way’ column from 1901-1908.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): None

By the Way, Day by Day (2015)

Selections from the daily columns written by P.G. Wodehouse from 1901-1908.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): None

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