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John Masefield
(1898 - 1967)
John Edward Masefield, OM was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the author of the classic children’s novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and poems, including The Everlasting Mercy and Sea-Fever.
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A Book of Discoveries (1910)
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Martin Hyde the Duke’s Messenger (1910)
Martin Hyde gets caught up in the Duke of Monmouth’s rebellion. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
T. C. Dugdale
The Midnight Folk (1927)
Kay Harker must battle his wicked governess and her coven to find the long lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral, but has the aid of the Midnight Folk.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
R. C. N. Barton
The Midnight Folk (1927)
Kay Harker must battle his wicked governess and her coven to find the long lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral, but has the aid of the Midnight Folk. This is the signed limited edition.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
None
The Midnight Folk (1927)
Kay Harker must battle his wicked governess and her coven to find the long lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral, but has the aid of the Midnight Folk.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
None
The Midnight Folk (1931)
Kay Harker must fight his evil governess and her coven to recover the lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral, but has the assistance of the Midnight Folk.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Rowland Hilder
The Midnight Folk (1992)
Young Kay Harker must fight his evil governess and her coven to recover the lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral but he has the assistance of the Midnight Folk.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Quentin Blake
The Midnight Folk (2007)
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Rowland Hilder
New Chum (1912)
The future poet laureate tells of his experiences as a new student aboard the training ship Conway. This edition includes additional material.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
New Chum (1945)
The future poet laureate tells of his experiences as a new student aboard the training ship Conway.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
ODTAA (1926)
Highworth Foliat Ridden’s father sends him out to Santa Barbara on the Spanish Main to see what he can make of himself.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
E. G. Perman
ODTAA (1926)
Highworth Foliat Ridden’s father sends him out to Santa Barbara on the Spanish Main to see what he can make of himself.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
A. D. Rahn
ODTAA (1966)
Highworth Foliat Ridden’s father sends him out to Santa Barbara on the Spanish Main to see if what he can make of himself.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Peter Kettle
Salt-Water Poems and Ballads (1916)
I must go down the the sea again,
To the lonely sea and the stars.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
George Washington Hood
Charles Pears
Sard Harker (1924)
Sard Harker sets out to do a good deed for two fellow Englishmen and soon finds himself kidnapped and forced to wander about Santa Barbara.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Sard Harker (1924)
Sard Harker sets out to do a good deed for two fellow Englishmen and soon finds himself kidnapped and forced to wander about Santa Barbara. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
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.
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.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
R. H. Sauter
Victorious Troy or The Hurrying Angel (1935)
Apprentice seaman Dick Pomfret takes command of his aging clipper when she is caught in a Pacific storm.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Kenneth Shoesmith
Victorious Troy or The Hurrying Angel (1935)
Apprentice seaman Dick Pomfret takes command of his aging clipper when she is caught in a Pacific storm.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Kenneth Shoesmith
The Windmill (1923)
Selections from books published by Heinemann including an essay by Masefield.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Various
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
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