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Books in the Fantasy - English genre:

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1912)

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The first appearance of Peter from The Little White Bird. With additional illustrations not in the first Rackham edition of 1906. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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The Peter Pan Portfolio (1912)

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This is a limited edition elephant porfolio with twelve mounted plates, which were matted in the British edition. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures (1913)

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Fairy tale scenes including dwarfs and giants, elves and fairies, well as folkloric figures and Edwardian-era children. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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The Seven Champions of Christendom (1913)

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This is a recasting of a famous romance which likely originated in the Middle Ages, telling of the knightly adventures of the seven champions. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): F. J. Harvey Darton
Richard Johnson
Illustrator(s): Norman Ault

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Wet Magic (1913)

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When Francis unwittingly summons a mermaid, she and Mavis, Bernard and Kathleen must rescue it from a sideshow and return it to the sea. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar

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The Wind in the Willows (1913)

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This is the first fully illustrated edition of Kenneth Grahame’s masterpiece about Toad, Mole, Rat and Badger and the riverside. The British first edition has a different picture on the cover and a colored frontispiece not in the American editi... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Paul Bransom

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The Flying Inn (1914)

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As the sign of the crescent ascends over England, the last Inn takes to the road. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): G. K. Chesterton
Illustrator(s): None

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A Christmas Carol (1915)

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The classic story of the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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The Water Babies (1916)

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Tom the chimney sweep is swept away to the bottom of the sea. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Charles Kingsley
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

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At the Back of the North Wind (1919)

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The son of a poor coachman is swept away by a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

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The Three Mulla-Mulgars (1919)

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Thumb, Thimble and Nod set out to find their royal father and the earthly paradise of Tishnar. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Walter de la Mare
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

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The Water Babies (1919)

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Tom the chimney sweep is swept away to the bottom of the sea. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Charles Kingsley
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

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The Land of the Ever Young (1920)

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Dermot, an antiseptic boy, meets Micky, a Simple-Lifer girl and they have adventures with the pooka under the sea.

Author(s): Rosamond Langbridge
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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A Little Boy Lost (1920)

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A small boy wanders off into the jungle and has many adventures. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): William Henry Hudson
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1920)

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This is the first appearance of Peter from the book The Little White Bird. This is the trade edition that appeared throughout the 1920’s of the second Rackham-illustrated edition. The book was also available with twenty-four, sixteen or fewer i... View More

Author(s): J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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The Princess and the Goblin (1920)

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The Princess Irene has been sent to her King-Papa’s hunting lodge to live. One evening when her nurse keeps her out too late, they are rescued by Curdie, a miner’s son. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

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Short Stories (1920)

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A selection of four of Macdonald’s most famous fairy stories, including ‘The Light Princess’ and ‘The Golden Key.’

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920)

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The story of how Doctor Dolittle learned to speak with the animals and became the animals’ doctor. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

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Comus (1921)

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A masque based on the story of a sorcerer’s attempt to traduce a chaste and beautiful maiden. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): John Milton
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Gulliver’s Travels (1921)

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Lemuel Gulliver is shipwrecked in various strange countries, including those of the Lilliputians, Brobdingnagians and Houyhnhnms. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Jonathan Swift
Illustrator(s): Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

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