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Books in the British genre:

Psmith in the City (2003)

Mike and Psmith go into the New Asiatic Bank. Mike gets called up to play cricket for his county and Psmith quits the bank as well to watch him. They both go up to Cambridge as the story ends.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Rider in the Sky: How an American Cowboy Built England’s First Airplane (2003)

Samuel Cody came to England with a Wild West show and stayed to build her first aeroplanes. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): John Hulls
Illustrator(s): David Weitzman

Summer Lightning (2003)

Galahad Threepwood is ensconced at Blandings Castle working on his memoirs while around him Ronnie Fish is stealing the Empress and various affairs of the heart are going awry.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Summer Moonshine (2003)

Joe wants to marry Jane and with the success of his play about his nasty stepmother sees his way clear, then the stepmother (a mittel european Princess) has the play pulled and Joe is left looking for a fairy godfather. Read online at archive.org.&nb... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Thank You, Jeeves (2003)

It all begins when Bertie Wooster decides to take up the banjolele seriously and Jeeves objects, leading to a parting of the ways, but they meet again in the chaos that is Chuffnell Regis, and after the banjolele is destroyed in an act of arson by Be... View More

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

Ukridge (2003)

A collection of ten short stories about Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, that self absorbed promoter of the impossible. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Carbonel The King of the Cats (2004)

When rosemary buys a broom so she can earn money doing housework during the holidays, it comes with a royal cat and a spell.

Author(s): Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s): V. H. Drummond

Cocktail Time (2004)

When Pongo’s Uncle Fred knocks off Sir Raymond ‘Beefy’ Bastable’s top hat with a Brazil nut he starts something. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The John Bull: A British Locomotive Comes to America (2004)

A British steam engine is brought to America and adapted for local conditions. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): David Weitzman
Illustrator(s): David Weitzman

Much Obliged, Jeeves (2004)

Brinkley Manor is overwhelmed with guests for the by election in Market Snodsbury and Bertie and Jeeves are in attendance to try to sort things out. The sacred Book of Revelations of the Junior Ganymede Club is in peril but -- Jeeves to the rescue.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Piccadilly Jim (2004)

Jimmy Crocker’s father has married into money and he gets too large an allowance for his own good. Fortunately Ann Chester arrives from America and takes him in hand.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Quick Service (2004)

J.B. Duff, proprietor of the Paramount Ham wants the portrait of his old flame for an advertisement. Plenty of people fall all over themselves trying to steal it for him and a couple of them end up falling in love.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Ring for Jeeves (2004)

Bertie Wooster is off learning to fend for himself while Jeeves fills in the time as a bookie of the silver ring. Those without money connect with them what does and sundered hearts beat as one. This novel is derived from a play written by Plum and G... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude (2004)

To find your position at sea easily you need a very accurate clock. This book tells the story of the development of just such a clock. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Louise Borden
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Spring Fever (2004)

The Earl of Shortlands (who looks like a butler) and his butler (who, naturally, looks like an Earl) are competing for the hand of Mrs. Punter, the cook. There are two other couples at the Castle and Hollywood comes into it. Wodehouse made this novel... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Uncle Fred in the Springtime (2004)

The potty Duke of Dunstable turns up at Blandings Castle, and this time demands that Lord Emsworth make him a gift of the Empress of Blandings. Knowing his limitations Lord Emsworth reaches out to Uncle Fred and is not disappointed in the results.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Uneasy Money (2004)

Bill Dawlish is grateful to the eccentric American millionaire who leaves him his fortune, but does not want to disinherit his bee-keeping niece and goes to America to meet her. The British edition was cut considerably. Read online at archive.org.&nb... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda (2005)

This omnibus edition contain Nurse Matilda, Nurse Matilda Goes to Town and Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Do Butlers Burgle Banks? (2005)

Bond’s Bank has been rendered insolvent and the inspectors are due, so Mike Bond hires a butler to burgle the Bank to throw the inspectors off. Little does he know that the butler is actually one of America’s hottest gangsters. Read onlin... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

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