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British Genre
Books in the British genre:
Lord Nelson (1929)
A biography of Britain’s greatest Admiral, based on his letters and dispatches.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Various
Mr. Hermit Crab (1929)
A fairy tale about two young girls, a Malicious Fairy and a young giant, Mr. Hermit Crab.
Author(s):
Mimpsy Rhys
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1929)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Noisy Nora: An Almost True Story (1929)
Noisy Nora is a noisy eater.
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Hugh Lofting
Single-Handed (1929)
On the desolate Galapagos island of Resolution, Leading Seaman Albert Brown ties down a German cruiser.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
None
The Story of Mr. Punch (1929)
A history of the Punch and Judy show.
Author(s):
Octave Feuillet
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Summer Lightning (1929)
Galahad Threepwood is ensconced at Blandings Castle working on his memoirs while around him Ronnie Fish is stealing the Empress and various affairs of the heart are going awry.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Three Comedies (1929)
This volume includes The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest and As You Like It. Some copies have color illustrations as well as black and white.
Author(s):
William Shakespeare
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Toad of Toad Hall (1929)
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Vicar of Wakefield (1929)
The sufferings of Job are rehearsed in the person of Dr. Charles Primrose, Vicar of Wakefield.
Author(s):
Oliver Goldsmith
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
The Children of the New Forest (1930)
A family of Royalist children take to the woods to escape from their Puritan persecuters. A Robinsonnade in Merry England.
Author(s):
Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Everybody’s Boswell (1930)
All the best bits from Boswell’s Life of Johnson and A Tour of the Hebrides. The cover is from the 1989 reprint.
Author(s):
James Boswell
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Five Children (1930)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
Et al
The Flight of the Heron (1930)
Ewen Cameron is out with the ’45 and encounters a British officer Keith Windham who becomes his best friend.
Author(s):
D. K. Broster
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
La Mésaventure de Madame Popotte (1930)
French translation of The Story of Mrs. Tubbs.
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Hugh Lofting
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor (1930)
Author(s):
R. D. Blackmore
Illustrator(s):
Mead Schaeffer
Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1930)
A collection of short stories narrated by Mr. Mulliner. Three feature Bobbie Wickham.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Wallace Morgan
New Cautionary Tales for Children: Verses (1930)
The fifth collection of humorous verses by the English master in the tradition of Struwwelpeter.
Author(s):
Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s):
Nicolas Bentley
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1930)
This is the first appearance of Peter from the book The Little White Bird. This is the fourth Rackham illustrated edition.
Author(s):
J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham