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Before the Lamps are Lit by [OUTHWAITE.] QUIN, Tarella - 1911

by [OUTHWAITE.] QUIN, Tarella

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Before the Lamps are Lit by [OUTHWAITE.] QUIN, Tarella - 1911

Before the Lamps are Lit

by [OUTHWAITE.] QUIN, Tarella

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Melbourne: George Robertson & Co, 1911. First edition. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. Attractive children's book of six stories with engravings by eminent illustrator Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Both Tarella (Ella) Quin and Ida Rentoul Outhwaite attended East Melbourne Presbyterian Ladies' College, Ella was eleven years older than Ida and it was through her younger sister Hazel that the association occurred. In Anderson's 'Singing Roads', Hazel writes "I mentioned that there was a girl at school who was always decorating the edges of her exercise books with drawings of fairies". Outhwaite was both original and prolific; she achieved remarkable commercial success and her style influenced great swathes of artists and illustrators working in the landscape of children's books: 'the marked success of her work in capturing the imagination of a large audience was the direct impetus behind the spate of finely produced and illustrated Australian children's fantasy books of the 1920s.' (Holden, Visions of Fantasy). Oblong quarto, 190pp, 22cm x 18.5cm illustrations throughout (many full-page), bright original illustrated linen-grain dark green cloth, small crease to lower right hand corner, previous owner's inscription dated 1921 on free front endpaper, in exquisite fine original condition otherwise.
  • Bookseller Rare Illustrated Books AU (AU)
  • Illustrator OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition First edition
  • Publisher George Robertson & Co
  • Place of Publication Melbourne
  • Date Published 1911
  • Keywords Outhwaite Illustrated Childrens Scarce

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Before The Lamps Are Lit

Before The Lamps Are Lit

by Quin, Tarella; Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

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Melbourne: George Robertson & Company. [1911]. Oblong Octavo Size. Good condition. Illustrated dark green, red and black covers. Corners, edges and spine ends lightly rubbed. Spine sunned. Binding a little loose with mild cracking between contents page and firt story title page but still solid. Some faint scattered foxing to endpapers. Illustrated with 26 full page black and white and a number of in-text illustrations by the famous Australian fairy artist, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. 189 pages. A good copy of this scarce title. Consists of six imaginative Australian children's stories by Tarella Quin [Daskein] 1877-1934. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition [Muir -1907]. Hardback.
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Before the lamps are lit

Before the lamps are lit

by QUIN, Tarella; OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (ill.)

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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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