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Brinkley Manor (1934)

Aunt Dahlia, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Madeline Bassett, Tuppy Glossop and Bertie and Jeeves -- what you might call a Wodehouse full house.

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

The Broken Song (1934)

The story of a family in the last days of Imperial Russia.

Author(s): Sonia Medvedeva Daugherty
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1934

A Christmas Carol (1934)

This edition of the classic story of the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge has a preface by Stephen Leacock.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): Gordon Ross

The Dark Mile (1934)

The conclusion of the author’s Jacobite trilogy concerns the betrayers of Dr. Cameron and wraps up the remaining storylines, including a happy outcome for Ian.

Author(s): D. K. Broster
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Island Magic (1934)

The author’s first book is set in the Channel Islands and concerns the du Frocq family’s struggles to live on a small farm. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Little Orvie (1934)

The doings of a small boy in mid-century middle America.

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): George Brehm

Mary Poppins (1934)

When the Banks family’s new nanny blows in on the east wind the children are in for a series of magical adventures. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s): Mary Shepard

Midget and Bridget (1934)

The story of two donkeys traveling south of the Rio Grande.

Payment Deferred (1934)

William Marble did the murder, the question is, will fate let him get away with it? A play based on Forester’s novel which in turn served as the basis for a very successful movie starring Charles Laughton.... View More

Author(s): Jeffrey Dell
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): None

The Peacemaker (1934)

A frustrated school master invents a ray that interrupts magnetic fields at a distance and attempts to force Britain to disarm.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): None

The Peacemaker (1934)

A frustrated school master invents a ray that interrupts magnetic fields at a distance and attempts to force Britain to disarm.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): None

Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)

Aunt Dahlia, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Madeline Bassett, Tuppy Glossop and Bertie and Jeeves -- what you might call a Wodehouse full house. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Salomon and Joseph Abbey

Ruth Visits Margot, A Little French Girl (1934)

Just after the end of World War I, an American girl visits France.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Roy A. Keech
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Slim (1934)

This story is based on Haines’ experiences as a lineman. This hardcover edition includes illustrations by Robert Lawson. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Wister Haines
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The Taking of the Gry (1934)

This is the third and last of the Santa Barbara novels which also include ODTAA and Sard Harker. This is the story of the cutting out of a ship, the Gry, from the harbor at Santa Barbara.... View More

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): R. H. Sauter

The Taking of the Gry (1934)

This is the third and last of the Santa Barbara novels which also include ODTAA and Sard Harker. This is the story of the cutting out of a ship, the Gry, from the harbor at Santa Barbara.... View More

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): R. H. Sauter

Thank You, Jeeves (1934)

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): Salomon and Joseph Abbey

Thank You, Jeeves! (1934)

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): James Montgomery Flagg

Winter Holiday (1934)

Dick and Dorothea are spending the winter holidays by the lake where they meet the Swallows and Amazons. Thanks to Nancy’s mumps their vacation is extended as the lake freezes over.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter
Arthur Ransome

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1934

Aboard the Bulger (1935)

Five children running away from an orphanage steal (or are stolen by?) a small ship and explore the Hebrides.

Author(s): Ann Scott Moncrieff
Illustrator(s): C. L. Davidson

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