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Books in the British genre:

Hornblower During the Crisis (1967)

An unfinished novel and two uncollected short stories about the intrepid Captain Horatio Hornblower, R.N.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Samuel Bryant

The House of Arden (1967)

Edred and Elfrida travel into the past to search for the lost treasure of the House of Arden and succeed in finding their lost father.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Clarke Hutton

In Search of Elsie Piddock (1967)

A reflection on a famous story by Eleanor Farjeon.

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

ismo (1967)

The Callendar family is again caught up in an international intrigue.

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

Jessamy (1967)

Orphaned Jessamy slips back in time to 1914 and gets caught up in a mystery.

Author(s): Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s): Philip Gough

London Bridge is Falling Down (1967)

London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down,London Bridge is falling down, My fair Lady! Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Long Before Forty (1967)

An autobiographical fragment about the author’s early attempts to become a published author, added to his notes about the Hornblower saga published in The Hornblower Companion.... View More

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

Medieval Tales (1967)

This is a compendium of British medieval stories together with similar tales translated from the French. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Nurse Matilda Goes to Town (1967)

The Brown children are packed off to London and proceed to terrorize the city until Nurse Matilda takes a firm hand. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Plum Pie (1967)

A collection of short stories starring favorite Wodehouse characters, including Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Bingo Little, and Freddie Threepwood. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Lawrence Ratzkin

The Purloined Paperweight (1967)

Jane’s Uncle Henry is possessed of an ancestral seat which he would be happy to be rid of and a certain seventeenth century French paperweight that his American cousin covets for his collection. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Seymour Chawst

The Ready-Made Family (1967)

When nineteen year old Karen Marlow announces she is giving up Oxford to marry a recently widowed man with three children, her family is not amused.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): Charles Mozley

Rhyming Will (1967)

Young Will did not speak until he was seven - and then everything that came out of his mouth was in rhyme.

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

The Sea Egg (1967)

Toby and Joe learn to swim with a triton.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s): Peter Boston

Smith of Wooton Major (1967)

A fairy tale by the master. What happens when the smith’s son eats the fay-star at the Twenty-Four Feast of Good Children.

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

The Starlight Barking (1967)

Pongo the dalmation wakes up one day and discovers that the rest of the world is rapt in unwakeable slumber. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The Stuffed Dog (1967)

Two girls discover a talking doll in the attic.

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

Sylvie and Bruno (1967)

This novel by the author of Alice weaves between the worlds of faerie and Victorian England. This is a facsimile edition. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): Harry Furniss

The World of Jeeves (1967)

A collecton of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves short stories. Adds three additional stories to the number in the Jeeves Omnibus. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): None

A Dictionary of Chivalry (1968)

A remarkable compendium of information on chivalry, this is Pauline Baynes’ magnum opus. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Grant Uden
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Greenaway Medal
Greenaway Medal - 1968

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