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27778London A&C Black1934. 4to. viii240pp. Original cloth pictorial boards with some moderate wear. 2 full-page colour illustrations 27 full page b/w illustrations with b/w drawings in the text. Name and prize label on ffe. Some foxing to edges and prelims. otherwise a very good copy. First edition London, A&C Black,1934. hardcover
19103622Melbourne: George Robertson & Co 1910. Second Edition. Very good. Oblong hardcover : pp. 6 184 : full page and in-text b&w illustrations : illustrated orange cloth boards lettered in red and black. Muir 1904.<br /> <br /> Boards are marked and rubbed; slightly shaken; light ink stamp to p.2. A compilation of six children's stories by Tarella Quin later Daskein and illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. George Robertson & Co unknown
27390Liverpool: J. Bibby and Sons 1920. Folio illustrated wrappers light edge wear pp. 64 illustrated. Theosophical periodical edited by the English Christian industrialist Joseph Biddy 1851 -1940. Includes many illustrations by Sir Joshua Reynolds a depiction of Admirable Sir David Beatty reading the terms of the Armistice to the German delegates in the fore-cabin of the H.M.S. Elizabeth at the close of World War I and a fairy plate by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite titled 'The Rendezvous' half-page in black & white. ""The Ancient Wisdom tells us that somewhere in the memory of Nature every act of each one of her children is self-engraved and that from this self-written record under the guidance of Angelic Ministers the changing destinies of men and nations flow. Thus it is claimed that our present attainments of talent and capacity are what we have won in the past; that our present thoughts and activites will determine our future and that in the sum of things nowhere is there any injustice and nowhere caprice or favouritism."" unknown
127134London A & C Black 1937. 64pp. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth a little marked rubbed at extremities. Colour frontispiece plates. Offsetting to endpapers. A very good copy. . First edition. London, A & C Black 1937. hardcover
38927Melbourne: 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 2396. unknown
35378Melbourne : 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 promotional calendar Outhwaite illustrated for the British Imperial Oil Co. Ltd. unknown
193560001New York: John Day Reynal & Hitchcock 1935. 4to. xiv 351 1 pp. With 56 maps most full-page numerous text illustrations. Blue publisher’s cloth silver lettering front cover & spine minor shelfwear light rubbing at head & foot of spine corners w/ d.j. striking Art Deco cover art of ships voyaging minor creasing edgewear couple closed tears on back cover wear to corners still NF/VG- copy inscribed by author on half-title. First edition inscribed of this unashamedly Eurocentric voyages and exploration history detailing “all the great adventurers by land and sea from Hannu 2750 B.C. to Piccard 1935.†The specially prepared maps specifically show the ground and oceans covered by each explorer with the contemporary “Known World†starkly defined. The maps and histories sequentially “unroll†from the very small area around the Mediterranean to the World. Outhwaite 1892-1979 was an anthropologist who worked on American race relations at the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial from 1923-1028 worked for the Rockefeller Foundation through the 1930’s and organized “Outhwaite Exhibits†for museums World’s Fairs and window displays. He also was an adventurer who sailed 14000 miles on the Atlantic Ocean from 1929-1930 onboard the yacht “Kinkajou†visiting Mt. Pelee Martinique. John Day, Reynal & Hitchcock, hardcover
1924351<p>Muir 4851 suggests 1924.</p><p>An owner's name pencilled on the blank first page. Small chip to upper front corner and a light crease to upper rear corner of wrappers.</p><p>Advertising Shell Motor Lubricating Oil.</p> Printed by Anderson, Gowan Pty. Ltd. for The British Imperial Oil Company Limited paperback