Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

  • # 15424 Melba’s gift book of Australian art and literature

    # 15424

    Melba’s gift book of Australian art and literature

    Melbourne : George Robertson, c. 1915. Quarto, lettered cloth, pp. 176, colour and black white plates. Fundraising book from the Great War “The entire profits from the sale of this book will be devoted by Madam Melba to the Belgian Relief Fund”. Literary contributors include Ethel Turner, Henry Lawson, Tarella Quin, Dorothea Mackellar, Edward Vidler, …

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  • The Fairy World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite MUIR, Marcie and HOLDEN, Robert # 14096

    # 14096

    MUIR, Marcie and HOLDEN, Robert

    The Fairy World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

    Sydney : Craftsman House, 1985. First edition.  Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket (spine sunned), 171 pp. extensively illustrated. The definitive reference on Outhwaite, one of Australia's and Britain's most loved children's authors and illustrators. A very good copy of the first edition.

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  • The sentry and the Shell fairy. [MARTIN, George W.]. # 12617

    # 12617

    [MARTIN, George W.].

    The sentry and the Shell fairy.

    Melbourne: British Imperial Oil, [c. 1922]. Quarto, illustrated card wrappers (fine), 16 pp., very light central verticle crease, six colour plates by Outhwaite, a scarce promotional booklet produced for Shell. The better variant issue with additional Outhwaite illustration on p. 16. Muir 4851.

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  • Sixpence to spend. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. # 12612

    # 12612

    OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul.

    Sixpence to spend.

    Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1935. Quarto, papered boards, illustrated dustjacket, 92 pp., black and white illustrations, five tipped-in colour plates, sparse foxing to preliminaries and a couple of other leaves, a little canted but very fine. Holden and Muir describe Sixpence as ‘the last real book Ida wrote and illustrated… Amusing and well-executed, the artist’s …

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  • The other side of nowhere. DASKEIN, Tarella Quin. # 12637

    # 12637

    DASKEIN, Tarella Quin.

    The other side of nowhere.

    Illustrations by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens, 1934. Oblong quarto, illustrated red cloth, 171 pp., name to front free endpaper, illustrated. Muir 1909.

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  • Exhibition of black and white, and water colour drawings by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. # 11758

    # 11758

    OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul.

    Exhibition of black and white, and water colour drawings by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

    Opened by Lady Cullen at the fine art gallery Anthony Hordern & Sons, Limited, Brickfield Hill, Sydney April 16, 1917. Octavo, self-wrappers (pale foxing), two page appreciation by Mary Mansfield, catalogue of 60 works including numerous originals from 'Elves and Fairies', vignette illustration, note about the publication of Elves & Fairies. Loosely enclosed, an illustrated …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] Musical nursery rhymes picture book OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (illustrator) # 11900

    # 11900

    OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (illustrator)

    [SHEET MUSIC] Musical nursery rhymes picture book

    Cover: To sing and play with the watcher-bird. Melbourne : Murfett, 1945. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, 16 pp, 8 full-page colour illustrations by Outhwaite, a very good copy. Muir 5610.

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] Musical nursery rhymes picture book OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (illustrator) # 10853

    # 10853

    OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (illustrator)

    [SHEET MUSIC] Musical nursery rhymes picture book

    Cover: To sing and play with the watcher-bird. Melbourne : Murfett, 1945. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (corners worn), 16 pp, 8 full-page colour illustrations by Outhwaite, a good copy. Muir 5610.

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  • Gum Tree Brownie and other Faërie Folk of the Never-Never. QUIN, Tarella [DASKEIN]; OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (illustrator) # 10800

    # 10800

    QUIN, Tarella [DASKEIN]; OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (illustrator)

    Gum Tree Brownie and other Faërie Folk of the Never-Never.

    By Tarella Quin / Illustrated by Ida S. Rentoul. Melbourne : George Robertson, 1925. Oblong quarto, original illustrated papered boards (darkened, corners bumped) and red cloth back, front paste-down with school prize certificate dated 1928, 165 pp, illustrated throughout, scattered foxing, binding firm, a fair copy. Muir 1905.

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  • Mollie’s bunyip RENTOUL, Annie R. and RENTOUL, Ida S. # 8151

    # 8151

    RENTOUL, Annie R. and RENTOUL, Ida S.

    Mollie’s bunyip

    Melbourne: Robert Jolley, 1904. Oblong quarto, illustrated red wrappers (a few tears and chips to the yapp edges, small strip of sunning to bottom edge of rear wrapper), ribbon ties, 50 pp., 12 black and white plates plus illustrations in text, reproducing Annie’s handwritten script, a good copy. Previous owner’s inscription on title page. The variant …

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  • The lady of the blue beads RENTOUL, Annie R.; RENTOUL, Ida S. (illustrator) # 7117

    # 7117

    RENTOUL, Annie R.; RENTOUL, Ida S. (illustrator)

    The lady of the blue beads

    Her book, being an account of her first blue moon spent on Sun Island. Illustrated by Ida S. Rentoul. Melbourne: George Robertson & Co., [1908]. Quarto, oatmeal cloth boards, the upper board decorated in orange and blue (minor stains and wear), front free endpaper with Edwardian period inscription, 102 pp, illustrated throughout, with thirteen full …

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  • Mollie’s Staircase RENTOUL, Annie I. and RENTOUL, Ida S # 5750

    # 5750

    RENTOUL, Annie I. and RENTOUL, Ida S

    Mollie’s Staircase

    Melbourne: M. L. Hutchinson, 1906. Oblong quarto, lettered wrappers (front wrapper stained), original ribbon ties, 12 black and white plates by Ida S. Rentoul, plus illustrations in text, a few pages marked and foxed, but a sound copy. Muir 6333.

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  • The Little Green Road to Fairyland OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. # 5052

    # 5052

    OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul.

    The Little Green Road to Fairyland

    London : A & C Black, 1925. Octavo, cloth with paper label (edges rubbed), pp. 102, 8 colour plates (one with a crease to the margin), 8 black and white plates, owner's inscription to half-title, the front free endpaper neatly excised. A good copy of the second edition. Muir 6353

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  • The little fairy sister. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul and OUTHWAITE, Grenby. # 5050

    # 5050

    OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul and OUTHWAITE, Grenby.

    The little fairy sister.

    London: A. & C. Black, 1929. Second edition. Quarto, patterned cloth (light flecking to spine), 91 pp., colour and black and white plates, previous owner's name to half-title, a very good copy. Muir 5599.

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  • The little green road to Fairyland. RENTOUL, Annie R. and OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. # 2685

    # 2685

    RENTOUL, Annie R. and OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul.

    The little green road to Fairyland.

    London: A. & C. Black, 1922. Quarto, patterned boards with paper title label (edges a little rubbed), 103 pp., 8 colour and 8 black and white plates, previous owner's name to half title, some occasional foxing. One of the classic illustrated Outhwaite titles, published in large format by A. & C. Black. First edition. Muir …

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  • The lady of the blue beads. RENTOUL, Annie. # 928

    # 928

    RENTOUL, Annie.

    The lady of the blue beads.

    Her book, being an account of her first blue moon spent on Sun Island. Illustrated by Ida S. Rentoul. Melbourne: George Robertson & Co., [1908]. Quarto, printed grey papered flushcut boards, rexine backstrip (some soiling to front board), endpapers replaced, 102 pp., occasional foxing illustrated throughout. Muir 6342 (variant).

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  • The golden age of Australian fantasy. Children’s book illustrations : 1910 - 1950 HOLDEN, Robert # 13125

    # 13125

    HOLDEN, Robert

    The golden age of Australian fantasy. Children’s book illustrations : 1910 – 1950

    Melbourne : Museum of Victoria, 1986. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 12, with numerous illustrations after Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. 

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