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British Genre
Books in the British genre:
Four Plays (1983)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
H. M. Bateman
Hilary Knight’s the Owl and the Pussy-Cat (1983)
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
How the Whale Got His Throat (1983)
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Miranty and the Alchemist (1983)
An Elizabethan girl’s uncle, an alchemist, sends her to fantastic realms.
Author(s):
Vera Chapman
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
The Mouldy (1983)
Author(s):
William Mayne
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Mr. Bliss (1983)
Mr. Bliss buys a motor car and has numerous adventures when he goes to visit his friends.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Reluctant Dragon (1983)
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Richard Doyle (1983)
A biography of the artist, with a review of the critical reception in his own time.
Author(s):
Rodney K. Engen
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Short Stories (1983)
A selection of the Master’s greatest hits.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
George Adamson
Summer Snowmen (1983)
A ‘Daisychain’ with snowmen and humorous verses.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Tragical Life and Death of Caius Marius, Esq., Late Her Majesty’s Consul-General in the Roman States (1983)
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Wodehouse Nuggets (1983)
A collection of literary gems from the Master.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The World of Uncle Fred (1983)
An omnibus edition containing Uncle Fred Flits By, Uncle Fred in the Springtime, Uncle Dynamite and Cocktail Time.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
David Pether
The Book of Lost Tales Part 1 (1984)
Materials used by J.R.R. Tolkien for his history of Middle-Earth.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
None
The Box of Delights, or When the Wolves were Running (1984)
Kay Harker is on his way home for the Christmas holidays when he falls asleep on the train and has a wonderful adventure. This edition has been abridged.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Faith Jaques
Clowning About (1984)
A fold-out ‘Daisychain’ of clowns with humorous verses.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Janet Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
Crab Cat (1984)
A cat imagines what it would be like to be a crab.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Elephant Cat (1984)
A Siamese cat imagines what it would be like to be an elephant.
Author(s):
Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
The Further Adventures of Gobbolino and the Little Wooden Horse (1984)
Gobbolino, the former witch’s cat and the little wooden horse team up to rescue Gobbolino’s sister from the witch.
Author(s):
Ursula Moray Williams
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Hobbit (1984)
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague