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British Genre
Books in the British genre:
Treasure Island (1970)
When Jim Hawkins retrieves Flint’s map from the sea chest of the dead Billy Bones, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey catch the treasure fever and outfit a ship to search for it.
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The Young Ardizzone (1970)
An autobiography of the illustrator’s youth.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Elephant War (1971)
When Phineas T. Barnum buys Jumbo the elephant in the London Zoo for his circus, Victorian England is up in arms.
Author(s):
Gillian Avery
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
Friend Monkey (1971)
A monkey sets out from Africa and travels to England where he makes many friends.
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Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Charles Keeping
The Girl in Blue (1971)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Osbert Lancaster
Gold from Crete (1971)
A collection of ten short stories set during World War II.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Graham Humphreys
Jeeves and the Tie that Binds (1971)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Osbert Lancaster
Miss Bianca in the Antarctic (1971)
Author(s):
Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Miss Jaster’s Garden (1971)
Hedgie the hedgehog and Miss Jaster share the garden of Villa Pax.
Author(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Much Obliged, Jeeves (1971)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Osbert Lancaster
Much Obliged, Jeeves (1971)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Osbert Lancaster
Nothing Said (1971)
On a visit with her mother’s friend Maud, Libby meets water nymphs and dryads.
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Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
The Players and the Rebels (1971)
This is the second part of Antonia Forest’s historical romance of Shakespeare’s time.
Author(s):
Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s):
John Holder
Poor Stainless (1971)
When young Stainless does not return from his errand, his family fears the worst.
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Diana Stanley
Poor Stainless (1971)
When young Stainless does not return from his errand his family fears the worst.
This is the revised version.
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
The Short Stories of Charles Dickens (1971)
A generous helping of the shorter fictions of the ‘inimitable Dickens’ as he liked to style himself.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Smell of Privet (1971)
An autobiography of a British author and radio play writer.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Shirley Hughes
Stirabout Stories (1971)
A collection of modern fairy tales.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Victor Ambrus
There and Back Again: A Map of Bilbo’s Journey Through Eriador and Rhovanion (1971)
A large scale map to accompany The Hobbit.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Three-Cornered Heart (1971)
A dual biography of two English literary ladies from the 1860’s to the 1940’s. The cover illustration is by Rackham.
Author(s):
Anne Fremantle
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
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