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Books in the British genre:

Jeeves, Jeeves, Jeeves: Three Novels (1976)

An omnibus volume containing How Right You Are, Jeeves, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves and The Tie That Binds.

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

More British Fairy Tales (1976)

Nineteen fairy tales from British sources.

Author(s): Amabel Williams-Ellis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Princess and Curdie (1976)

In this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, Curdie and his beasts restore Irene’s King-Papa to his throne. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The Stones of Green Knowe (1976)

As Roger’s father is building their new home, Roger discovers the standing stones that send him through time to meet the other children of Green Knowe. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Uncollected Wodehouse (1976)

A collection of hither-to uncollected articles and stories by the Master.

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

The World of Blandings (1976)

Includes short stories and the novels Something Fresh (Something New) and Summer Lightning. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Castle (1977)

A detailed account of the construction of a new castle and town on the Welsh marches.

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Author(s): David Macaulay
Illustrator(s): David Macaulay

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1978

Charlie Chumbles (1977)

The story of a musical mouse.

Author(s): Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s): Frank Francis

The Church Mice Adrift (1977)

When Sampson and the church mice are ejected from the vestry by a gang of homeless rats, Sampson preys on the rats’ greed to set them adrift. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

Jeremiah in the Dark Woods (1977)

Jeremiah sets out to find what happened to his grandmother’s tarts and meets some familiar nursery characters along the way, as well as a few not so familiar ones. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Janet Ahlberg

One Old Oxford Ox (1977)

A tongue-twisting counting rhyme.

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Author(s): Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

The Roe Deer (1977)

An illustrated look at the life cycle of the roe deer.

Author(s): Claude Nicolas
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Ship’s Cook Ginger (1977)

Tim and Ginger are off on another sea voyage. When the crew is laid low by food poisoning the two friends must come to the rescue.

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

The Silmarillion (1977)

In this prequel to The Lord of the Rings, we learn more about Middle Earth, elves and Sauron.

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

Sunset at Blandings (1977)

P.G. Wodehouse’s final, unfinished novel is set at Blandings Castle. Gally stars along with a good and deserving niece and her impecunious suitor, a unique Lord Emsworth sister who is nice and deserving of her suitor, the Chancellor of the Exch... View More

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

Sunset at Blandings (1977)

P.G. Wodehouse’s final, unfinished novel is set at Blandings Castle. Gally stars along with a good and deserving niece and her impecunious suitor, a unique Lord Emsworth sister who is nice and deserving of her suitor, the Chancellor of the Exch... View More

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

The Battle Lost and Won (1978)

A novel set in Egypt at the time of the Battle of El Alamein sports a dust jacket by Ardizzone. This is volume two of The Levant Trilogy.

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

C. S. Forester’s Hornblower One More Time (1978)

Three uncollected Hornblower short stories and two essays by C. S. Forester. Fifty copies were accompanied by a pamphlet called ‘Hornblower’s Birthplace.’... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Carbonel and Calidor (1978)

When Prince Calidor strays off, his father, Carbonel King of the Cats, calls on Rosemary and John to help bring him back to the straight and narrow.

Author(s): Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s): Charles Front

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