Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
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# 44263
MUIR, Marcie and HOLDEN, Robert
The Fairy World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Sydney : Craftsman House, 1985. First edition. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, 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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# 43855
OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888 - 1960)
Untitled [bunny rabbit with dancing elves]
Pen and ink on card, 225 x 145mm (mount line), signed lower right I.R.O., untitled, numbered ’24’ upper left, framed. A charming original work by one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. The pencilled titles and number indicate it was most likely prepared for publication. Provenance : private collection, Melbourne, since the 1970s
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# 43853
OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888 - 1960)
The lyre bird gave imitation
Pen and ink on card, 175 x 122 mm (mount line), signed lower left I.R.O., titled in the image in pencil, numbered ’14’ upper right, framed. A charming original work by one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. The pencilled titles and number indicate it was most likely prepared for publication. Provenance : private collection, …
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# 43852
OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888 - 1960)
The platypus sang a duet
Pen and ink on card, 110 x 178 mm (mount line), signed lower right I.R.O., titled in the image in pencil, numbered ’17’ upper left, framed. A charming original work by one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. The pencilled titles and number indicate it was most likely prepared for publication. Provenance : private collection, …
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# 43851
OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888 - 1960)
I keep my baby in my pocket!
Pen and ink on card, 140 x 175mm (mount line), signed lower right I.R.O., titled in the image in pencil, numbered ‘1’ upper left, framed. A charming original work by one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. The pencilled titles and number indicate it was most likely prepared for publication. Provenance : private collection, Melbourne, …
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# 43849
OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888 - 1960)
The Flying Ace [and] The Chariot Race
Pen and ink on card, 270 x 188 mm (mount line), the lower illustration cut out as a rondelle, signed lower right I.R.O., titled in the image in pencil, numbered ’13’ upper left, framed. A charming original work by one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. The pencilled titles and number indicate it was most …
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# 42014
O'CONOR, Juliet
Bottersnikes and other lost things. A celebration of Australian illustrated children’s books
Melbourne : The Miegunyah Press, 2009. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 262, thoroughly illustrated. An extensive insight into the history of children’s books in Australia, with detailed sections on great artists and authors such as Norman Lindsay, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, May Gibbs, Harold Gaze, Pixie O’Harris, Graeme Base etc. An essential reference book.
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# 40825
RENTOUL, Annie I. and RENTOUL, Ida S
Mollie’s Staircase
Melbourne: M. L. Hutchinson, 1906. Oblong quarto, lettered wrappers (worn and stained), original ribbon ties, early inscription to title page which is toned and stained, pp. [52], 12 black and white plates by Ida S. Rentoul, plus illustrations in text, contemporary pencil inscription to title page, a few pages lightly marked and foxed, but a …
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# 38927
[OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul].
The fairy story that came true.
Melbourne: British Imperial Oil, [c. 1922]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (silverfished, handling wear, edges with small chips, also along spine), 16 pp., five colour plates, black and white decorations, map. A delightful illustrated story by Outhwaite, created as a promotion for Shell oil, ‘few copies of these booklets have survived’ (Muir and Holden, p. 58). Muir …
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# 38590
[OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul, illustrator]
The Australian wonder book
Melbourne, Vic. : Home Entertainment Library, 1935. Quarto, original quarter red cloth over pictorial boards, spine with gilt lettering and ornament (spine discoloured, edges a little worn), 351 pp, black and white illustrations, a good copy of this publication. Muir, 3125. Contains four complete books (The little black princess of the Never-Never / by Mrs. …
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# 35841
RENTOUL, Annie R. and OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul.
The little green road to Fairyland
New York : E. P. Dutton & Company, 1922. First American edition, printed by Billing and Son in Guildford, U.K. Quarto, papered boards, cloth spine with paper label, edges rubbed, lacking the front free endpaper, pp. 103, 8 colour and 8 black and white plates. One of the classic illustrated Outhwaite titles, originally published in …
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# 35828
OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul
Puss in boots : J. C. Williamson’s Annual Pantomime Extravaganza
Australian Play Pictorials No. 8. [Written by J. Hickory Wood and Frank Dix ; music by Andrew MacCunn]. Melbourne : George Robertson & Co., [1912]. Quarto, wrappers illustrated by Ida Sherborne Rental Outhwaite (edge tears with loss to spine, old paper repairs), wrappers detached, pp. 64, handling wear, a good copy. Very rare theatre program …
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# 34502
QUIN, Tarella; OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (ill.)
Before the lamps are lit
Melbourne : George Robertson & Co., [1911]. Oblong quarto, illustrated cloth boards (minor rubbing), inscription on front endpaper, pp 189. A compilation of six children’s stories with engravings by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Muir 1907.
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# 35378
[OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul].
The Shell Fairy Calendar 1924 – 1925
Melbourne : British Imperial Oil, 1923. Illustrated calendar, six colour illustrations on cards by Outhwaite, string cords, some traces of edge rubbing. A fine, complete copy of the very rare p[romotional calendar Outhwaite illustrated for the British Imperial Oil Co. Ltd.
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# 34401
DASKEIN, Tarella Quin; OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (illustrator)
Chimney Town
London : A. & C. Black, 1934. Octavo, publisher’s pictorial blue cloth boards, edges rubbed, 238 pp, illustrated throughout with full-page black and white plates, two colour plates, and drawings in the text, occasional light foxing, a very good copy of the first edition. Muir 1908.
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# 33303
LEE, E. Markham; OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (illustrator)
[SHEET MUSIC]. Robin Hood suite for piano
Melbourne : Allan & Co., 1941. Imperial Edition No. 489. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (corners a little dog-eared, upper wrapper with short tear at top left corner), staple bound, pp. 16, contents clean. Scarce. Not in Muir.