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Books in the British genre:

Hornblower Goes to Sea (1963)

This omnibus edition of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and Lieutenant Hornblower has been edited for younger readers in this first volume of the Cadet Edition. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

The Indomitable Hornblower (1963)

This omnibus includes Commodore Hornblower (The Commodore), Lord Hornblower, and Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (Hornblower in the West Indies).... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Dwight Shepler
Andrew Wyeth

Kaleidoscope (1963)

A collection of stories which includes a robinsonnade.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Lord of the Rings (1963)

This was a deluxe edition issued in a publisher’s slipcase with a tryptych illlustration by Pauline Baynes.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Mad King of Chichiboo (1963)

The King of Chichiboo would rather cook than rule, and the rule of his cookery that it should be hot with grated cheese on top.

Author(s): John Verney
Illustrator(s): John Verney

Penny's Way (1963)

Penny, youngest of four, can't seem to do anything right.

Author(s): Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s): Sheila Rose

Persuasion (1963)

Persuasion is considered by many to be its author’s greatest work. Anne Elliot ‘with an elegance of mind and sweetness of character,which must have placed her high with any people of real understanding’ is burdened with a father and... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Peter the Wanderer (1963)

Peter has a series of adventures as he tries to return a key to an old man he once met.

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

Saint George and the Dragon (1963)

In this retelling of the first book of “The Faerie Queene,” Sandol Warburg brings the story to readers unfamiliar with Spenser’s archaic style. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edmund Spenser
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Skillywidden (1963)

When Billy Tremayne captures the spriggan, it refuses to tell where the pot of gold is buried unless they guess his name first.

Author(s): Mollie Clarke
Illustrator(s): Graham Oakley

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963)

Gussie Fink-Nottle seems to have lost his affection for Madeline Bassett, meaning Bertie is on the hook again, so he rallies round, only to find himself deeper in the swamp. Fortunately Jeeves comes to the rescue, but at the price of Bertie’s a... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Paul Bacon

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963)

Gussie Fink-Nottle seems to have lost his affection for Madeline Bassett, meaning Bertie is on the hook again, so he rallies round, only to find himself deeper in the swamp. Fortunately Jeeves comes to the rescue, but at the price of Bertie’s a... View More

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

Stig of the Dump (1963)

Barney meets Stig, a caveman, while playing in the local dump.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Clive King
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Story of Colet Court: St Paul’s Junior School (1963)

A history of a British school for boys aged 7 to 13 which serves as a feeder for St. Paul’s School. It changed its name to St. Paul’s Junior in 2016. Ernest H. Shepard was a former pupil. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was w... View More

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

The Thursday Kidnapping (1963)

When the Ramsay children turn their backs on the buggy where the baby they are minding is sleeping, it disappears -- with the baby in it.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Turret (1963)

Miss Bianca, Bernard and the Mouse Prisoner’s Aid Society are called on to rescue Miss Bianca’s mortal enemy from a gruesome fate. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Alicia in Terra Mirabili (1964)

A Latin translation of the most famous and popular fantasy novel in English.

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): John Tenniel

Arabella or the Bad Little Girl (1964)

Arabella, the heroine of this very short story, was not very nice.

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): Isobel Morton-Sale

Bennie and the New Baby (1964)

New Baby is confined to a play-pen when he gets too annoying.

Author(s): Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

Biffen’s Millions (1964)

When Edmund Biffen Pike inherits his godfather’s millions, it’s on condition he is not arrested - something he finds it hard to avoid as he has a compulsion to sock every policeman he meets. Fortunately his sister Kay and Jerry Shoesmith ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): John Alcorn

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