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British Genre
Books in the British genre:
The Life and Adventures of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1959)
An early absurdist work. This World’s Classics edition, #40, has a dust jacket by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
Laurence Sterne
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Look at Houses (1959)
An introduction to the architecture of houses.
Author(s):
John Verney
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
Lucia Wilmot (1959)
Lucia is sixteen and suffers from tuberculous peritonitis. She has just received an offer of marriage from a veteran of the Spanish civil war and is thoroughly mixed up.
Author(s):
Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s):
None
The Magic World (1959)
This is a collection of twelve short stories, most dealing with magic in one of its forms.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
Gerald Spencer Pryse
The Merry Muse (1959)
Max Arbuthnot becomes mixed up with an unpublished manuscript by Robert Burns.
Author(s):
Eric Linklater
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel (1959)
Nicholas and his friend save the train when the engineer and the fireman are laid low by poisoned tea.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Rescuers: A Fantasy (1959)
Author(s):
Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Ride Into Danger (1959)
A tale of knights and squires during the reign of Edward III of England.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The River at Green Knowe (1959)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
Titus in Trouble (1959)
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Trampoline (1959)
Miss Pleak installs a trampoline in her back yard, and in no time the whole town goes trampoline mad.
Author(s):
John Pudney
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
The Vicar of Wakefield (1959)
A mixture of comic novel and Job, this World’s Classics edition #4, has a dust jacket by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
Oliver Goldsmith
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Bells of Rye (1960)
French marauders steal the church bells from Rye. John Finch and his friend Mark Cundy are determined to bring them back again.
Author(s):
Richard Church
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hubbard
Eleanor Farjeon’s Book: Stories, Verses, Plays (1960)
An anthology of works by Eleanor Farjeon.
Author(s):
Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Elephant War (1960)
When Phineas T. Barnum buys Jumbo the elephant from the London Zoo for his circus, Victorian England is up in arms.
Author(s):
Gillian Avery
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
Fairy Tales from the British Isles (1960)
A collection of classic fairy tales.
Author(s):
Amabel Williams-Ellis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Flowering Spring (1960)
Laura is determined to act, but her father thinks teaching would be more practical.
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
Shirley Hughes
How Right You Are, Jeeves (1960)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Robert Shore
Jeeves in the Offing (1960)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Johnny the Clockmaker (1960)
Johnny loves to make things, but his parents think a grandfather clock is too much for him.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone