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Books in the British genre:

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1933)

This is the first of Howard Pyle’s four books that encompass the Matter of Britain - that is the story of King Arthur. It tells of how Arthur became king and some of his adventures. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): William James Aylward
Howard Pyle

The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur (1933)

In this, the fourth and final volume of his history of the Matter of Britain - that is King Arthur and his knights, Howard Pyle tells of the adventures of Sir Galahad and the death of King Arthur.

The Wind in the Willows (1933)

This was the fourth fully illustrated edition of Kenneth Grahame’s story of Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger and their adventures on the riverbank. The British edition was published in 1931 and had a different dust jacket. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Winter Holiday (1933)

Dick and Dorothea are spending the winter holidays by the lake where they meet the Swallows and Amazons. Thanks to Nancy’s mumps their vacation is extended as the lake freezes over. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

All in the Downs (1934)

A naval novel of the days of Pitt and Pompadour. A ship carrying passengers joins a convoy during the French War. Not a very successful effort. Dust jacket by Ardizzone shows a nautical scene.... View More

Author(s): Frank Pollard
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Brinkley Manor (1934)

Aunt Dahlia, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Madeline Bassett, Tuppy Glossop and Bertie and Jeeves -- what you might call a Wodehouse full house.

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

A Christmas Carol (1934)

This edition of the classic story of the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge has a preface by Stephen Leacock.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): Gordon Ross

Coot Club (1934)

When the Hullabaloos moor right on top of the coots’ nest, what choice had Tom Dudgeon but to cast their motor boat adrift? Dot and Dick help the outlaw elude his pursuers. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

Island Magic (1934)

The author’s first book is set in the Channel Islands and concerns the du Frocq family’s struggles to live on a small farm. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Mary Poppins (1934)

When the Banks family’s new nanny blows in on the east wind the children are in for a series of magical adventures. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s): Mary Shepard

Men Against the Sea (1934)

Captain William Bligh and eighteen loyal men are cast off in a twenty-three foot open boat by the Bounty mutineers and set out for Coupang in Timor, a journey of more than 3,600 miles.

P. G. Wodehouse (1934)

A volume in the series Methuen’s Library of Humour containing seven short stories or book chapters by the Master.

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

Payment Deferred (1934)

William Marble did the murder, the question is, will fate let him get away with it? A play based on Forester’s novel which in turn served as the basis for a very successful movie starring Charles Laughton.... View More

Author(s): Jeffrey Dell
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): None

The Peacemaker (1934)

A frustrated school master invents a ray that interrupts magnetic fields at a distance and attempts to force Britain to disarm.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): None

The Peacemaker (1934)

A frustrated school master invents a ray that interrupts magnetic fields at a distance and attempts to force Britain to disarm.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): None

Pitcairn’s Island (1934)

Following the mutiny on HMS Bounty, Fletcher Christian along with eight of the Bounty’s crew, six Polynesian men and twelve Polynesian women sail for Pitcairn’s Island where they scuttle the Bounty.

Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)

Aunt Dahlia, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Madeline Bassett, Tuppy Glossop and Bertie and Jeeves -- what you might call a Wodehouse full house. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Salomon and Joseph Abbey

Thank You, Jeeves (1934)

It all begins when Bertie Wooster decides to take up the banjolele seriously and Jeeves objects, leading to a parting of the ways, but they meet again in the chaos that is Chuffnell Regis, and after the banjolele is destroyed in an act of arson by Be... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Salomon and Joseph Abbey

Thank You, Jeeves! (1934)

It all begins when Bertie Wooster decides to take up the banjolele seriously and Jeeves objects, leading to a parting of the ways, but they meet again in the chaos that is Chuffnell Regis, and after the banjolele is destroyed in an act of arson by Be... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): James Montgomery Flagg

Winter Holiday (1934)

Dick and Dorothea are spending the winter holidays by the lake where they meet the Swallows and Amazons. Thanks to Nancy’s mumps their vacation is extended as the lake freezes over.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter
Arthur Ransome

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1934

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