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Books in the British genre:

The Tudors: 1540-1560 (1956)

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A short history for elementary schools.

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Author(s): Emmeline Garnett
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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Bedknob and Broomstick (1957)

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Carey, Charles and Paul discover their neighbor, Miss Price is a witch. She purchases their silence with a magic bed-knob that allows their bed to travel in space and time. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

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The Butler Did It (1957)

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When the ex-butler Keggs informs one of the two remaining competitors for the payout of a ‘last son to be married’ tontine of its existence matters begin to get complicated in a hurry.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Dick Dodge

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Down River (1957)

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John Walters and the members of the Tomahawk Club set out to explore a cave he has found.

Author(s): Richard Church
Illustrator(s): Laurence Irving

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Down River (1957)

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John Walters and the members of the Tomahawk Club set out to explore a cave he has found. This is the second printing dust jacket by G.S. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Richard Church
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Drawn from Memory (1957)

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This first volume of his memoirs deals with E. H. Shepard’s early childhood. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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Falconer’s Lure (1957)

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The Marlows inherit Trennels Old Farm and move to the country where they spend the summer holidays.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): Tasha Kallin

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From the Fury of the Northmen (1957)

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A series of short stories based on events in English history.

Author(s): Rhoda Power
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1957)

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The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or the Great Dog Robbery is a 1956 children’s novel by Dodie Smith about the robbery of the titular family of 101 Dalmatian dogs. A sequel entitled The Starlight Barking continues from the end of the first novel.... View More

Author(s): Dorothy Gladys “Dodie” Smith
Illustrator(s): Anne Grahame Johnstone
Janet Grahame Johnstone

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Lottie (1957)

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The adventures of a dog and a doll.

Author(s): John Symonds
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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Men of the Hills (1957)

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The story of the first invasion of Britain during the bronze age.

Author(s): Henry Treece
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

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The Naval War of 1812 (1957)

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The fledgling Unites States Navy with its superfrigates takes on the world’s greatest navy. This British edition has plates lacking in the American edition.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Rafael Palacios
Various

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On Christmas Night (1957)

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Cover by Ardizzone of this musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Dickens.... View More

Author(s): Adolf Bolm
Ralph Vaughn Williams
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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Our Mutual Friend (1957)

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The Australian heir to a junk king’s fortune goes missing.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

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Prefabulous Animiles (1957)

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A collection of poems about fabulous animals.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): James Reeves
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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The Railway Children (1957)

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When their father is taken away by strangers, the lives of three children are altered forever. They move with their mother to a cottage by a railway. The railway becomes their playground, and they befriend the rail workers and passengers who eventual... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Lynton Lamb

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Robin Hood (1957)

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The legends of Robin Hood are recounted by Paul Creswick.

Author(s): Paul Creswick
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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Robinson Crusoe (1957)

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First published in 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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A Safe Lodging (1957)

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Ann Mawser lives through the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s): Don Bolognese

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The School in Our Village (1957)

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Reminiscences of a rural English school.

Author(s): Joan M. Goldman
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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