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191624959Melbourne: Lothian 1916. Print. Very good overall. Two plates from Outhwaite's masterpiece "Elves and Fairies" printed in a limited edition of 1500 copies. The work contained 15 tipped-in color plates and 30 tipped-in black & white plates. The images are printed in densely black ink on matte finish coated heavy paper stock. On the verso there is a slim adhesive line at the top where it would have been hinged onto the page. The two image both have small margins as issued and are untrimmed. <br /> <br /> "Wind in the Ti-Tree" would face p.13 6 1/8 x 10" and "The First of the Fairies The English Snowdrop" would face p. 87 7 x 9 3/8". The Ti Tree image has a small corner fold that has broken the densely blackness with a slim white line. Lothian 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
193514919The Junior Literary Guild 1935. Large hardback in good to very good minus condition with fair plus dust jacket. Jacket has some fading and wear as well as a few larger chips/chunks missing along edges but now protected in clear mylar jacket sleeve. Hardcover. Good/Fair. The Junior Literary Guild Hardcover
2000mon0000026622Emerald Publishing 4/13/2020 12:00:01 A. hardcover. New. 0.5000 in x 9.0000 in x 6.0984 in. Brand new. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton Oregon library. Emerald Publishing hardcover
1915123H0759New York: The International News Company 1915. Book. Illus. by Somerfield T.; Jackson A.E.; Pitcher N.S.; Holloway W.H.; Buchanan F.; Whitaker W.G.; McCormick H.; Lunt W.; Wigfull W.E.; Webb Arch.; Wright Frank. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 194-288 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: A Millionaire's Adventure - Milan millionaire Signor Luigi Beretta becomes the victim of an infamous plot; War-Time Wanderings in the Italian Alps - a merry trio of climbers have some fun; A Fight for Life in Mid-Air - a workman dismantling a great chimney at the Whitehall Road electric power works experiences a terrible industrial accident; The Adventures of Howard Blackburn - Right Hon. Sir Edward Morris P.C. Prime Minister of Newfoundland describes nautical adventures of Howard Blackburn; "Grubb of Gran Chaco"- The adventures of pioneer W. Barbrooke Grubb in the Paraguayan Chaco; Six Weeks in Lahoul - a hunting trip for ibex and red bear; Allen's Well - how a man was buried at the bottom of a deep well and was rescued; The Lion's Cub - a striking story from the Coast Mountains of Southern Oregon involving 'Yellow Tail' the mountain lion Jud Bucklin and Dick Wimer of the U.S. Forest Service; Aunt Barbara Visits Mustypore - an amusing story from an Indian coffee-planting district; A Woman Alone in China part II - Mary Gaunt met with many odd experiences and saw many strange sights which are here described in most entertaining fashion with photos; A Tragic Ocean Race - Five clipper ships started on a race from Australia to China but strange and terrible things happened aboard the "Island Bay"; After Gold in the "Land of Fire" - an unfortunate prospecting expedition in Tierra del Fuego; The Haunted Tomb - a tale from the Southern Punjab; and more. Covers nearly detached as one. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. The International News Company Paperback
1998__1852789018Edward Elgar Pub 1998. Hardcover. New. 1976 pages. 10.00x7.00x4.25 inches. Edward Elgar Pub 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
1982198193U.K.: Angus & Robertson Publishers 1982. Very rare book. Dust jacket has some small blemishes and sunning to the outer edges. Pages are clean bright and tight with glossy colour illustrations. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Rentoul Outhwaite Ida. Used. Angus & Robertson Publishers Hardcover
1937011115A & C Black 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 12mo - over 6. Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. 64pp not pice clipped neat owners name to free front endpaper book is nice clean copy with all four plates present some browning to end papers and some light spotting to text. Wrapper was in three sections both flaps detached these have now been joined back together using special non acidic archive tape wrapper now in clear removable proective sleeve. Corner missing from upper front corner of wrapper affects title and one corner of cover illustration. Happy to supply photographs on request. We have all four volumes in this series please enquire for details and price for all four. A & C Black hardcover
194825080024Adam and Charles Australia 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 94 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Adam and Charles Australia 1948. First Edition. This is the first Australian edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing and mild foxing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear and minor chips and/or tears. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are reasonably tanned. Previous owner's name ink-stamped. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 25080024. Adam and Charles hardcover
194823010117Adam and Charles Black London 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Hardcover. 94 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Adam and Charles Black London 1948. First Edition. This is the first Australian edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in poor dust jacket. More specifically: Covers have slight soiling. Edges of boards have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine has slight fading. Pages are lightly tanned. Short gift inscription in ink. Small brown marks from adhesive tape on front and rear endpapers. Large surface tear on rear endpaper. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Parts of the dust jacket have been loosely inserted in the book Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 23010117. Adam and Charles Black hardcover
19481577212024565<p><strong>Author:</strong> Annie R. Rentoul and Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.<br /><strong>Title:</strong> <em>The Little Green Road to Fairyland.</em><br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Melbourne: The Specialty Press Pty. Ltd. for Oxford University Press 1948. <em>First Australian Edition.</em><br /><strong>Language:</strong> Text in English.<br /><strong>Size:</strong> 10.5" × 8".<br /><strong>Pages:</strong> viii-94 pages.<br /><strong>Binding:</strong> Very good publisher's original beige cloth binding with blue lettering and decorative vignette to upper cover and spine hinges fine overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown complete with the good original illustrated dust jacket showing only minor chips and short tears to edges and gentle toning consistent with age - as shown under a protective removable mylar cover.<br /><strong>Content:</strong> Very good content bright tight and clean rare light toning - as shown charming fairy-themed gift inscription on the front free endpaper - as shown. Original Decorative illustrated endpapers featuring fairy and woodland creatures procession in brown ink.<br /><strong>Illustrations:</strong> With 16 full-page plates including 8 in delicate color and 8 in black and white all by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite printed on high-quality coated paper.</p><p><br /><br /><strong>The book: </strong>A beautiful and highly desirable <em>First Australian Edition</em> 1948 of <em>The Little Green Road to Fairyland</em> — one of the most enchanting collaborations between sisters <strong>Annie R. Rentoul</strong> and <strong>Ida Rentoul Outhwaite</strong>. First published in 1922 this lyrical fairy tale follows the adventures of two children who encounter a fairy and follow her along the little green road into her magical world. The poetic text by Annie R. Rentoul perfectly complements Ida's ethereal and dreamlike illustrations among the finest examples of early 20th-century Australian children's art.</p><p>This Australian edition produced in Melbourne by The Specialty Press for Oxford University Press represents the post-war renaissance of Outhwaite's fairy art printed with exceptional clarity and color fidelity. Complete in its scarce illustrated dust jacket it is a collector's treasure — a quintessential example of the golden age of fairy illustration.</p> Melbourne: The Specialty Press Pty. Ltd. for Oxford University Press, 1948. First Australian Edition. hardcover
1985009312London: Angus and Robertson 1985. Very nice anthology of verse 59 pages in very bright clean condition many colour and B/w illustrations by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite all present as published. Dustwrapper is very bright and clean price clipped outer boards are also bright and clean. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. 20.5 x 13.5 Cms. Hardcover. Angus and Robertson Hardcover
192974653<p>London: A. & C. Black 1929. 4to. Original cloth-backed patterned <br />London A. & C. Black reprinted 1929<br /><br /></p> A & C Black Ltd hardcover
1922170518024Dutton 1922-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Dutton hardcover
1930054225NY: E.P. DUTTON & CO. NO DJ OWNER'S BOOKPLATE CLEAN TEXT. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1930. E.P. DUTTON & CO. hardcover
192947633London: A. & C. Black 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. 91 p. 1 4 p. ads. Later printing. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with green lettering to front board and spine edges unevenly sunned spine heavily sunned spine ends lightly bumped with a bookplate over another bookplate to the paste-down endpaper. Clean throughout and the binding tight. Illustrations in black and white and in colour. A. & C. Black hardcover
1929SISTER-1929-IRO-B<p><strong>Author:</strong> Ida Rentoul Outhwaite and Grenbry Outhwaite. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.<br /><strong>Title:</strong> <em>The Little Fairy Sister.</em><br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> London A. & C. Black Ltd. 1929. First edition later 1929 printing. First published in 1923.<br /><strong>Language:</strong> Text in English.<br /><strong>Size:</strong> 10.5 x 8 inches.<br /><strong>Pages:</strong> 91 pages 4 pages of publisher's advertisements.<br /><strong>Binding:</strong> Very good original publisher's binding with blue cloth spine lettered in gilt and beautifully decorated pictorial paper-covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Corners slightly worn with light rubbing to extremities remaining remarkably attractive and well preserved overall hinges fine under a protective removable mylar cover.<br /><strong>Content:</strong> Very good content with pages generally clean and bright. Foxing mainly confined to the outer page edges with occasional light spotting internally. A tight and pleasing copy.<br /><strong>Illustrations:</strong> Complete with all 16 full-page illustrations by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite including 8 beautiful color plates and 8 black and white plates together with decorative endpapers and numerous charming vignette illustrations throughout the text.</p><p></p><p><strong>The book: </strong><em>The Little Fairy Sister</em> is one of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite's most enchanting fairy books blending delicate fantasy storytelling with some of the most recognizable fairy illustrations produced in the early twentieth century. Originally published in 1923 and reissued here in 1929 the work follows the adventures of Bridget as she journeys into an enchanted world inhabited by fairies woodland creatures flowers and birds. The visual charm of the book lies in Outhwaite's extraordinary ability to unite innocence fantasy and nature into a dreamlike artistic vision filled with grace and poetic atmosphere.</p><p>The color plates are especially beautiful rendered in soft pastel tones with remarkable delicacy and refinement. Combined with the decorative publisher's binding and illustrated endpapers the book stands as a wonderful example of the golden age of illustrated children's books. Complete copies with all plates present remain increasingly sought after by collectors of fairy illustration and early twentieth century fantasy literature.</p> A. & C. Black Ltd. hardcover
1925200625225Adam & Charles Black 1925. Hardcover. Good. Adam & Charles Black hardcover
1985084125Angus & Robertson Publishers 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket. . Angus & Robertson Publishers Hardcover
192317341London: A. & C. Black 1923. 1st ed. Hardback large quarto no jacket very good condition quarter-bound blue cloth spine pictorial paper boards title vignette from cover black & white & colour plates adverts at rear bottom edge pages untrimmed frontispiece colour plate laid down on rear of prelim page rebacked retaining original spine & title label & front pictorial endpapers new rear endpapers pages faintly toned edgewear corners & fore-edge covers owners written name & date. 92 4 pp. First edition. A classic children's story of Bridget's adventures among the wee fairy people meeting a dragon-fly kookaburra and lizard. A repaired volume lacking foxing complete internally with 16 plates 8 in colour. Possible second state of the first edition: has circles cover design. Sticker inside rear cover: 'Corvina bookbinders Burwood Melbourne'. Owner's written name dated 1927. A. & C. Black hardcover
19329186London: A & C Black Ltd 1932. Hardcover. Fair/No DJ. Originally published 1922. DESCRIPTION: Blue grey cloth with impressed title plate with green border illustration and title. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and black and white plates by authors. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Wear to corners and edges with chipping to spine ends. Heavily tanned and rubbed spine cloth with light marks to its length. Soiling to cloth margins. Crack to lower quarter of rear endpaper. Spotting to prelims and rear pages. Toned pages with occasional marks and spots to other pages. All plates present. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages viii 103. Size: 8vo 27cm by 20cm. A & C Black Ltd hardcover
19239187London: A & C Black Ltd 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No DJ. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Blue and black leaf illustrated paper covered boards with blue cloth spine. Paste on paper title plate to front board and gilt titles to spine. Fairy illustrated endpapers. Plate on page 43 missing. Language: English. Book Condition: Poor: Heavy wear to corners and edges. Chipping to spine ends with faint dark marks to spine length. Rubbed paper boards. Tightly bound with toned intact endpapers. Firm hinges. Spotting to most pages primarily to margins. Plates are clean other than a slight yellowing to white margins. One missing plate. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages viii 91 4. Size: 8vo 27cm by 20cm. A & C Black Ltd hardcover
1954BIB327759London: Adam and Charles Black. 1954. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Good condition. Corners a little worn with some mild fraying to spine ends and light marking to boards. . Illustrated with 16 full page plates by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite of which 8 are in colour. All present. 94 pages. Ida Rentoul Outhwaite 1888-1960 was the famous Australian Fairy Artist this book was originally published in 1922. This is a reprint of the 1st Australian edition published in 1948. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback. Adam and Charles Black hardcover
1932AQ33067London: A. & C. Black 1932. viii 102pp 1. With a half-title a colour frontispiece and a further 15 plates seven in colour. Original publisher's pale green cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to half-title scattered spotting. A charming book of fairies by Australian children's author Annie Rattray Rentoul 1882-1978 illustrated by her younger sister Ida Rentoul Outhwaite 1888-1960. Ida's work illustrating magical creatures would result in her being honoured on a postage stamp in 1985. . Quarto. A. & C. Black hardcover