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All Among the Fairies

All Among the Fairies

by Morris, Ethel Jackson

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Melbourne: John Wyatt, 1909. First Edition. The author's first book, published at age seventeen, contains four stories, one poem and her illustrations in the manner of her contemporary Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Ethel Jackson Morris contributed to Dame Neilie Melba's Gift Book of Australian Art and Literature in 1915, published one other book in 1921, exhibited her work in Melbourne in the early 1920s, travelled overseas, and returned to married life in Sydney where she lived until her death in 1985 without appearing to write or exhibit again. Pictorial wrappers, ribbon tied. Extremities darkened and a little wear at edges, otherwise fine. Muir 5152.
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Art in Australia. First Series. Number Three. (Third Number)
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Art in Australia. First Series. Number Three. (Third Number)

by [ART IN AUSTRALIA] URE SMITH, Sydney, GELLERT, Leon & JONES, C. Lloyd (editors)

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Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1917. First Edition. Articles and images of interest include a short article with tipped plates on James Muir Auld; A. Radcliffe Brown on Norman Lindsay's watercolours (one page of text with two tipped plates), etchings of Victor Cobb; Julian Ashton on Blamire Young (two colour plates); John Shirlow reviews the marble sculptures of C. Web Gilbert; oil paintings by Max Meldrum; three page article on industrial art in Australia; book review including real tipped plates by Norman Lindsay from Leon Gellert's 'Songs of a Campaign' and another review of Hal Gye's illustrations for 'The Glugs of Gosh' by C.J. Denis. Advertisements include a photographic portrait of Arthur Streeton by May Moore and tipped plate in sepia by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite for Farmer's Barber Shop. Small quarto, original printed wrappers wrapped over blank boards, tipped colour plates, full-page black & white images; the mildest of discolouration to wrappers, spine chipped with a 5cm separation at base,… Read More
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The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations
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The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations

by RACKHAM, Arthur

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London: George G Harrop and Co. Ltd, 1933. Signed Limited Edition. Fine. A limited edition of 460 signed by Rackham. An inspired anthology drawn from "old favourites of the nursery...Most of them had a long and eventful life of oral tradition before somebody who could write caught them as they flew and consigned them to cold print" [Illustrator's Preface]. Classics by Hans Anderson such as "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Emperor's New Clothes" and Charles Perrault's "Cinderella" and "Puss in Boots" appear with tales from 'The Arabian Nights' and the traditional English folk tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" and Washington Irving's American classic "Rip van Winkle". Published near the end of his remarkable career, Rackham with characteristic rich earth-tones illustrates a mythical fairy world in this beautifully published edition. He is mindful of belonging to an ancient tradition of story-telling and notes "in our own day, inspired story-tellers go on adding original characters to the stock-an Alice, a… Read More
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Australian Songs for Young and Old

Australian Songs for Young and Old

by [OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul] RENTOUL, Annie R.

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Melbourne: George Robertson, 1907. First Edition. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. The very scarce first edition of the first of the Rentoul sisters' famous songbook. Published to coincide with the well publicised Women's Exhibition held in Melbourne, October, 1907. String-tied oblong quarto, original illustrated wrappers, superbly illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite over 32 pages; original owner's inscription on title page, a small portion missing from front cover, mild foxing throughout, a good copy.
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Australian Songs for Young and Old

Australian Songs for Young and Old

by [OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul] RENTOUL, Annie R.

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Melbourne: Allan & Co. Pty. Ltd, No Date. Very good +. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. The first of the Rentoul sisters' famous songbooks, originally published to coincide with the well publicised Women's Exhibition held in Melbourne, October, 1907. Imperial edition number 335. String-tied oblong quarto, original illustrated wrappers, superbly illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite over 32 pages; original owner's inscription on cover, a lovely copy.
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A Bunch of Wild Flowers
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A Bunch of Wild Flowers

by OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1933. First Edition. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. Rare first edition with original dust jacket. Verse and illustration by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. A dramatic stylistic shift from her body of work up until this point, Ouhtwaite's "Bunch of Wild Flowers" follows in the tradition of Margaret Tarrant and Cicely Mary Baker's little books of poetry illustrated with "flower fairies." Small quarto, six tipped colour plates, line drawings; original decorated papered boards; endpapers foxed, head of spine a little browned, a fine copy nonetheless in a rubbed dust-jacket that has sustained some loss of the rear panel.
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Bunny and Brownie. The Adventures of George and Wiggle
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Bunny and Brownie. The Adventures of George and Wiggle

by OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul

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London: A. & C Black, 1930. First edition. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. Although enthusiastically received on its release, this was to be the last of Outhwaite's major illustrated books: the onset of the Depression meant that few people could afford these luxurious books. Muir, 5605. First edition, quarto, original decorative boards with blue cloth spine, illustrated with colour plates throughout. Some light foxing, but a very good copy.
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Bushland Stories
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Bushland Stories

by MACK, Amy Eleanor

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Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1921. Joyce Dennys. A collection of short nature tales that capture the spirit of the Australian bush. Home reviewed the new edition of Amy Mack's Bushland Stories in December 1921 and praised the 'entirely new illustrations in colour and black and white by Joyce Dennys... so admirably suited to their subjects, so beautiful in their delicacy of tone and drawings'. (Joan Kerr, 1995). Quarto, frontispiece and full-page colour plates, line drawings and vignettes; original publisher's attractive red cloth with gilt spine lettering and patterned endpapers; back board damp-stained. Gifted copy with a list of signatures of teachers from the North Newtown Demonstation School. A very good copy.
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Coppertop
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Coppertop

by GAZE, Harold

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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1924. First Edition. Gaze, Harold. Signed by Harold Gaze on the half-title, this is the first American edition of an Australian classic. A story about a young girl called Cecilia who visits the clerk of the weather with her imaginary brothers Tibbs and Kiddiwee. They visit the Castles of the Four Winds, the Himalayas and the Blarney Stone. Large octavo, coloured frontispiece, 11 coloured plates, 13 black & white plates, 6 drawings in text; original boards.
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Coppertop: The Queer Adventures of a Quaint Child
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Coppertop: The Queer Adventures of a Quaint Child

by GAZE, Harold

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Melbourne: Melbourne Publishing Company, 1919. First Edition. First edition, with beautiful colour plates by the author. Gaze was one of the most prolific authors of books for children in this period, and this fantasy about the adventures of a small girl in a world where she meets people such as the Clerk of the Weather and the South Wind is one of his most popular works. Coppertop, and its sequel Coppertop Cruises (1920), were marvellous vehicles for Gaze's fine, opalescent-hued watercolours. The plates in these, and his other Australian-published works, 'established him as the most original illustrator of children's books after Ida Rentoul Outhwaite' (Holden, A Golden Age: Visions of Fantasy, p. 82). Born in New Zealand in 1885, a whimsical artist with outstanding talent, Harold Gaze is one of the more elusive Australasian children's writers and illustrators. We know little with exactitude about his life. After being rejected for active service, Gaze reputedly studied at various art schools in… Read More
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Eventyr af H.C. Andersen

Eventyr af H.C. Andersen

by [TEGNER, Hans] ANDERSEN, Hans Christian

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Copenhagen: Ernst Bojesen Det Nordiske Forlag, 1900. TEGNER, Hans. Verdensudgave illustreret af Hans Tegner med en karakteristik af H.C. Andersen som eventyrforfatter af Georg Brandes." "The Adventures of Hans Christian Andersen" illustrated by Hans Tegner, Professor at the Danish Academy of Fine Arts and artistic director from 1907 to 1932 of the internationally acclaimed porcelain factory, Bing & Grondahl. Tegner was reknowned for his work depicting these fairy tales. Two volumes. Quarto, original richly tooled half straight-grained morocco, spines gilt with labels, marbled boards and edges, ornamental endpapers, the bindings are a bit scuffed, internally quite fine, a lovely set.
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Fairy Tale Plays and How to Act Them
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Fairy Tale Plays and How to Act Them

by Lady BELL

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London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1899. Lancelot SPEED.. An attractive book complete with full scripts, directions for dances, ideas for costume design, stage directions, and sheet music for the following performances: Ali Baba, or the Forty Thieves; Rumpelstiltzkin; Red Riding Hood; Beauty and the Beast; Jack and the Beanstalk; Cinderella; Foolish Jack; The Golden Goose; The Tinder-Box; The Three Wishes; The Emperor's New Clothes; The Fisherman and His Wife; The Sleeping Beauty; Bluebeard. Octavo, bound in deep green, gilt-blocked cloth,, all edges gilt, 366 pages, frontispiece, 9 full page black & white illustrations, many charming and humorous vignettes throughout; some occasional foxing, a few spots affect the cloth, a bright copy nonetheless.
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Fairy Tales; Illustrated by Kay Nielsen
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Fairy Tales; Illustrated by Kay Nielsen

by [NIELSEN, Kay] ANDERSEN, Hans Christian

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New York: Garden City Publishing, 1932. NIELSEN, Kay. Nielsen's subtle and symbolic paintings and artwork embellish Andersen's immortal tales. Large octavo, original red cloth with colour pictorial onlay, 273 pp., 8 colour plates, vignettes and decorations and full-page black & white illustrations throughout, decorated endpapers, previous owner's name on front endpaper, a near fine copy.
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The Girl in the Apple.; From a Tuscan Folk Tale
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The Girl in the Apple.; From a Tuscan Folk Tale

by BRUNSKILL, Anne

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London: World's End Press, 1984. Signed Limited Edition. A short and curious fairy tale illustrated with hand-coloured woodblock prints by British aritist and printmaker, Anne Brunskill (1923 - 2018). Translation by Helen Attlee. Limited edition of 120 copies signed by the translator and the artist. Quarto, bound in illustrated papered boards (back board a little rubbed) aach original hand-coloured print protected by a tissue guard.; a fine copy in a slipcase showing some moderate external wear.
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The Green Fairy Book

The Green Fairy Book

by LANG, Andrew (ed)

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London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1892. Limited first edition. Ford, H.J.. A handsome copy of the third of Lang's beautiful fairy books with illustrations by Henry J. Ford. The Scots author was an avid collector of fairy tales from around the world and many of the stories in this collection, particularly the classic French tales, are translated here into English for the first time. In the preface Lang writes, "The stories in all the books are borrowed from many countries; some are French, some German, some Russian, some Italian, some Scotish, some English, one Chinese. However much these nations differ about trifles, they all agree in liking fairy tales." One of the French stories collected in 'The Green Fairy Book' may have provided inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'Lord of the Rings'. Issued in the year of Tolkien's birth, we know that Tolkien had read the 'The Enchanted Ring' in Lang's 'Green Fairy Book'. Tolkien makes reference to the collection in his dissertation,… Read More
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Gum Blossom Babies
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Gum Blossom Babies

by GIBBS, May

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Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1918. 'Today these booklets are generally regarded as children's items, but in their day they were issued in individual envelopes and were intended to be used as enlarged greeting cards... their contribution to the Australian pictorial propaganda of the First World War was pervasive and amusing and remains perhaps the only such work to survive with a timeless appeal.' (Holden, p 92). Reprint edition. String tied octavo in original wrappers with colour pictorial onlay, 28 pages, colour frontispiece and plates, previous owners inscription on gift-page, a few pages embrowned, a very very good copy.
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Gum Tree Brownie and other Faerie Folk of the Never-Never
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Gum Tree Brownie and other Faerie Folk of the Never-Never

by [OUTHWAITE] QUIN, Tarella

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Melbourne: George Robertson, 1925. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. With a foreword by Ethel Turner and delightful illustrations by a nineteen-year old Ida Rentoul (later Outhwaite). "The subject matter was still that of fairies, elves and children... Although this was a world of the imagination there were some Australian motifs such as spider-orchids, monk-hoods, or blow-fly grass which she had seized on for their qualities" (Muir, 'The History of Australian Children's Book Illustration'). Third Edition. Oblong small quarto, original pictorial papered boards with red cloth backstrip, plates and vignettes throughout; light scattered foxing, a very good copy.
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Historie de Peau D'Ane (Conte de ma mere loye)
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Historie de Peau D'Ane (Conte de ma mere loye)

by [PISSARO, Lucien] PERRAULT, Charles

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London: Eragny Press, 1902. Pissaro, Lucien. With woodcut borders and initials by Lucien Pissaro and three wood-engravings by T. Sturge Moore. The Eragny Press was the private concern of Lucien Pissaro and his wife Esther, established with the assistance of Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts of the Vale Press. Sturge Moore wrote on the books printed by Eragny: "If they are precious, honour them, be liberal for them. We must have fewer then; but those few shall be beautiful on the table, on the shelf, in the hand; while we muse on the meaning, the eye shall rest happily on the page where fair proportions have been sought and established between margin and text, between type and page." (Franklin 'The Private Presses' p. 98). Edition of 200 copies. Slim octavo, original decorated papered boards, spine ends show a little wear, bookplate, a very good copy.
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An Illustrated Catalogue of Trade Publications; Season 1911-1912
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An Illustrated Catalogue of Trade Publications; Season 1911-1912

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Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1911. First Edition. First edition of this surprisingly scarce Rand McNally publisher's catalogue with a focus on illustrated children's books and classic literature. With colour plates by Lucy Fitch Perkins for 'The Enchanted Peacock' by Julia Brown, Grace Chandler Horn for 'Hiawatha' by Henry W. Longfellow, Hope Dunlap for 'The Rose Fairies' by Olivia McCabe, Magniel Wright Enright for 'The Garden of Hearts Delight' by Ida Huntingdon, Katherine Merrill for 'Edda and the Oak' by Elia Peattie, Fanny E. Cory for 'Jackieboy in Rainbowland' by William M. Hill, and Ruth Hallock for 'Other Rhymes for Little Readers' by Wilhelmina Seegmilla. No copies in Worldcat. Octavo, bound in printed paper wrappers, 85 pages [+3], 7 full page colour plates, numerous black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings throughout, a couple of minor closed tears at fore-edges, mild bumping to corners, with original promotional slip laid in, a very good copy indeed.
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Kate Greenaway; Sixteen Examples in Colour of the Artist's Work

Kate Greenaway; Sixteen Examples in Colour of the Artist's Work

by [BRITISH ARTISTS]

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London: A. & C. Black, 1911. Greenaway, Kate. With an introduction by M. H. Spielmann. "If ever there was a beautiful soul, it was the soul of Kate Greenaway." Large octavo, bound in decorated green boards with colour pictorial onlay, fifteen colour plates tipped-in, a nice copy of a charming little book.
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