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Children's books
This collection contains books written for children and teenagers, and studies of specific genres and authors.
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Alice in Wonderland
Educational Book Company, Limited
1940
One of Carroll's classic nonsense stories.
The walrus and the carpenter
Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
1999
From the play 'Alice in Wonderland - a dream play for children in two acts' by Henry Saville Clarke, and including extra verses by Carroll.
Through the looking-glass
Berkley Publishing Group
1990
A new adaptation of Carroll's classic story.
The chronicles of Dunford : a public school story
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
1920s
Who is the blackguard who ran a piece of string across a passage with the intention of laming the school captain?
The history of Don Quixote
Wells, Gardner, Darton and Co., Ltd.
1927
Cervantes classic tale.
The second Father Brown book: more stories of G.K. Chesterton's immortal detective
Cassell & Company Ltd
1959
A collection of Father Brown stories edited for children.
Legends of King Arthur and his knights
Ernest Nister
1914
A rendering of selected Arthurian tales for a younger audience.
Dead man's tale: a detective story
Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd.
1949
Three schoolboys are invited to the home of an ex-school master, turned detective, having been warned that a body lies in the hall.
The deputy detective
Bruce Publishing Co. Ltd.
1947
A boxer and a boy detective combine forces to combat the wickedest man in London.
The adventure of the scarlet daffodil
Chatto & Windus
1952
A police Inspector's ambition to grow and show the first scarlet daffodil are thwarted by a thief.
The adventures of Odysseus and the tale of Troy
George Harrap & Co. Ltd.
1920
The story of Odysseus, his wars, and his wanderings, in the scarcer leather binding.
Boys of the Priory School
Blackie and Son Limited
1910s
The fortunes of a disliked schoolboy turn after he performs an act of heroism.
Noel Hamilton's probation
C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd.
1921
Noel Hamilton has to leave Renton School when his patron dies in a car crash, and, unknowingly, must prove himself worthy to inherit his fortune.
The world of Jennings : an A-Z companion of Anthony Buckeridge's famous schoolboy
David Schutte
2005
A comprehensive guide to the Jennings stories. Signed by Jonathan Cooper, Val Biro, and David Schutte
In the clutch of the green hand
T. Nelson & Sons Ltd.
1929
The Green Hand is a band of international criminals who are after the secret formula of a schoolboy's father.
Story of a parrot
MacNiven & Wallace
1909
A parrot's life story, from the bird's perspective. Gift inscription from the author on front free endpaper.
William's television show
George Newnes Limited
1964
A collection of stories in which William tests the patience of all and sundry.
William's happy days
George Newnes Limited
1951
A collection of stories in which William tests the patience of all and sundry.
William the good
George Newnes Limited
1965
A collection of stories in which William tests the patience of all and sundry.
William the good
George Newnes Limited
1951
A collection of stories in which William tests the patience of all and sundry.
