AUSTRALIAN SONGS FOR YOUNG AND OLD by RENTOUL, ANNIE

Melbourne: Allan, nd. soft cover. FR. Reading copy, sound condition, covers missing./No Jacket. Music by Georgette Peterson and illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. 25 cm. x 30 cm.

Adelaide: Allan & Co. Pty. Ltd, 1924. Ida S. Rentoul-Outhwaite. pp. 28. Oblong 4to. Cord-tied wrappers. Pictorial cover printed in black and silver, decorated dedication page and 9 full-page illustrations. Edgewear, cover splitting at top of spine, tidy owner's name, some smudges to contents; good. Imperial edition, No. 335. "A.P. K 7072" to lower rear cover.

Allans, Musical Publishers, Melbourne, c. 1920. 36 pp, oblong format, 23.5 x 31.5 cm, b&w illustrations by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, wrappers and end-papers split at spine - repaired, wrapper edges chipped, else fair copy in illustrated, limp wrappers.

George Robertson & Co. Used - Acceptable. Second Edition [2nd Edition]. Oblong folio. Colour lettering and illustration to front cover. B&W illustrations throughout. No publication date stated. Inscription to previous owner dated 1911. Words by Annie R. Rentoul. Music by Georgette Peterson. Illustrations by Ida S. Rentoul.

Melbourne: Allan & Co., [1924]. ""Imperial edition, no. 335"". Oblong quarto, pictorial wrappers (printed in brown, orange and blue), price 3/- (wrappers lightly creased), original ties, title page with previous owner's name and light stain at edge, extending to the following page, 28 pp, illustrated, scattered foxing, the final leaf with a long tear. Muir 6339.

Allan & Co., Melbourne. Imperial Edition No. 336. Reprint (first published 1910). Oblong 4to, 35pp, black and white illustrations. A fair paperback copy. Centre pages loose and torn and separated from centre fold. 2cm clean tears top and base of wrapper spine. Previous owner's name. .

Melbourne, Victoria : Allan & Co, 1910. Imperial Edition No. 336. Softcover. Good Condition. A4 Landscape. Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Bound with cord Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Some faint scattered foxing and marks throughout Edges browned Card covers are worn on edges, some chips, binding is with cord, one page has a small tear on bottom Lovely illustrations featuring fairies, Australian children and Australian animals. Book is undated date is circa. 1910 but could be c.1920. Research indicates that the red-covered copy is the first edition and the green cover is the reprint. If this is so then this red-covered copy is from 1910. B & W illustrations

Words by Annie R. Rentoul. Music by Georgette Peterson. Illustrations by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Melbourne : George Robertson & Co., n.d. [c. 1910]. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers (signed in the image I.S.R.O.), upper wrapper with previous owner's name erased with white-out, repeated verso, original string ties, bookplate, presentation inscription dated 1919, pp. 36, numerous full page plates by Outhwaite. First edition. Muir 6346.

Melbourne, Adelaide, Bendigo, Geelong: Allan & Co., 1924. Paperback large oblong quarto (24.7 x 30.0 cm), good condition, red coloured cover (red, orange & black pictorial), music scripts, black & white drawings (many full-page), top corner front cover thinned (small chip top edge), otherwise minor creasing & foxing, ink stain rear cover (two small faint stains front cover), some edgewear, string binding, rubber stamp title page. 36 pp. Delightful collectible book children's picture book of sheet music, verse and illustrations by the two Outhwaite sisters. Dedication page to Melba. The eight verses with sheet music are: Bell bird - Little mia mia - Kookaburra (laughing jackass) - Moonboat - Billy tea - 'Way back - Kangaroo song - Fairy fleet. Advert for two companion songbooks at rear. (Estimated date, 1924. Muir 6347. Imperial edition bottom of front cover. Three shillings printed price, with pencil annotation 3/6. Plate number bottom corner rear cover. Red cover state,… Read More

(Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Bendigo: Allan & Co.: no date) Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) plus pp. 36 (245 x 315 mm) Illustrated by IDA RENTOUL-OUTHWAITE including eight full-page pictures (Australian bush and fairy pictures). The wrapper picture, also by her, is signed 'I.S.R.O.' and is in green. Price 3/- Net. This early Allan’s edition (3/- Net., no ‘Geelong’ in the imprint, a cord tie at the spine, no series title on the front or advertising on the rear wrapper) was not recorded by Muir, Fraying at lower margin of rear wrapper neatly reinforced on blind side with clear tape; two chips to blank rear wrapper; a very good copy.