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Books in the British genre:

Payment Deferred (1926)

William Marble did the murder. The question is, will fate let him get away with it?

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Pride and Prejudice (1926)

When Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy refuses to dance with her, Elizabeth Bennett is confirmed in her prejudice that he is filled with pride. On further acquaintance she is forced to revise her opinion. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Princess and the Goblin (1926)

The Princess Irene has been sent to her King-Papa’s hunting lodge to live. One evening when her nurse keeps her out too late, they are rescued by Curdie, a miner’s son.

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 1 (1926)

This later printing of the first omnibus volume contains: The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878) The House That Jack Built (1878) The Babes in the Wood (1879) Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879) Read online at archive.org.... View More

Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 2 (1926)

This second volume of the later omnibus edition contains: Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880) The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880) The Farmer’s Boy (1881) The Queen of Hearts (1881) ... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 3 (1926)

This third omnibus includes four R. Caldecott picture books: Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting (1882) The Milkmaid (1882) The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883) A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883) ... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 4 (1926)

This final omnibus contains the last four of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books: Come Lasses and Lads (1884) Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1884) An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885) The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885) ... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Tales from the Enchanted Isles (1926)

A collection of fairy tales.

Author(s): Ethel May Gate
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)

The first collection of stories about Pooh Bear, Christopher Robin and their friends and adventures in the hundred acre wood. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Carry On, Jeeves! (1927)

A collection of short stories about Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s personal gentleman Jeeves. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Children of the New Forest (1927)

When the Roundheads triumph in the English civil war they burn down the Beverley family’s home. The orphaned children escape to the forest where they are taken in by Jacob Armitage, an old family servant. As in a Robinsonnade, they must learn t... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Bernhard Stafford Good

The Cricket on the Hearth (1927)

This, the most popular of Dickens’ Christmas books, tells a domestic story of the Peerybingle family and their friends. This edition has many more illustrations than the 1899 edition.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

The Cricket on the Hearth (1927)

This, the most popular of Dickens’ Christmas books, tells a domestic story of the Peerybingle family and their friends. This edition has many more illustrations than the 1899 edition.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

Divots (1927)

Nine short stories about golf narrated by the Oldest Member.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Doctor Dolittle’s Garden (1927)

Doctor Dolittle continues his researches into the lives of animals and learns the languages of insects. He is visited by a giant moth and embarks on a journey to the moon. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Drake’s Quest (1927)

The swashbuckling adventures of Sir Francis Drake.

Author(s): Cameron Rogers
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Meet Mr. Mulliner (1927)

Nine short stories narrated by Mr. Mulliner, he of the many nephews. These originally appeared in The Strand and Liberty magazines.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Midnight Folk (1927)

Kay Harker must battle his wicked governess and her coven to find the long lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral, but has the aid of the Midnight Folk.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): R. C. N. Barton

The Midnight Folk (1927)

Kay Harker must battle his wicked governess and her coven to find the long lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral, but has the aid of the Midnight Folk.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): None

The Midnight Folk (1927)

Kay Harker must battle his wicked governess and her coven to find the long lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral, but has the aid of the Midnight Folk. This is the signed limited edition.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): None

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