most of raverat's commissions for book illustrations date from the 1930s. the first was for a set of engravings for kenneth grahame's classic anthology "the cambridge book of poetry for children" (1932). this was published by the cambridge university press and printed at the press by walter lewis. the cambridge university press took almost as much care with their printing as a private press, and lewis printed the wood engravings from the original blocks. he printed four more books for raverat – "mountains and molehills" by frances cornford (1934), "four tales from hans andersen", a new version by r. p. keigwin (1935), "the runaway" by elizabeth a. hart (1936) and "the bird talisman" by h. a. wedgwood (her great-uncle) (1939). "four tales" and "the bird talisman" were illustrated with colour wood engravings. brooke crutchley, lewis's successor at the press, was responsible for printing the collection of raverat's work by reynolds stone and described the care taken over printing from old warped blocks.