Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

Comprehensive list of books, ephemera, music, postcards and other items illustrated, written, or contributed to, by Australian artist and author - Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.

1901

'Children on a bough' unidentifed British children's magazine

1903

'The Fairies of Fern Gully' The New Idea 

'The Wind-Maiden and the Bunny Boys' The New Idea

'How music came to Australia' The New Idea

'Cinderella retold for Australians' The New Idea

'Cinderella retold for Australians: Part II' The New Idea

Austral Greetings, 6 folding Christmas cards, The New Idea

  1.. Contemplative Bunnies
  2.. Musical Friend
  3.. Son of the Soil
  4.. Daddy Cockatoo
  5.. Home of the Bunyip
  6.. Morning Callers

1904

Mollie's Bunyip, prospectus

Mollie's Bunyip 2 covers - grey & red

Austral Greetings, series of 6 postcards, The New Idea. Reprint of images used in the Nov 1903 Christmas cards series. Called 'The Ida Rentoul Series'

  1.. Contemplative Bunnies
  2.. Musical Friend
  3.. Son of the Soil
  4.. Daddy Cockatoo
  5.. Home of the Bunyip
  6.. Morning Callers

1905

The Serenaders The New Idea

What the Moon Saw The New Idea

Cover, The New Idea, Jan

New Australian Fairy Tales: The Magic Flute The New Idea

Bats The New Idea

The fish that Johnny dreamed he caught The New Idea

The River Bride The New Idea

The Oracle The New Idea

New Australian Fairy Tales: A Moon Idyll The New Idea

Cover, The New Idea, June

New Australian Fairy Tales: The Lost Lamb The New Idea

Cover, The New Idea, July

Austral Greetings, series of 12 Christmas cards, The New Idea, Nov

The Christmas Pantomime Fairy's Dream The Western Mail - xmas no.

Scenes from Mollie's Bunyip, series of 6 postcards

The Australian Brownies, series of 12 postcards, Two printings - thick and thin card, produced with an envelope. Titles as follow:

  1.. A Black Tracker
  2.. A Buck Jumper
  3.. A Shout All Round
  4.. Humping His Bluey
  5.. Off on the Wallaby Track
  6.. 110 in the shade
  7.. Sticking up the Mail
  8.. All up a Gumtree
  9.. Off to the Cup
  10.. While the Billy boils
  11.. Native Companions
  12.. Washing Day in camp

1906

Mollie's Staircase

'A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year', The Western Mail - Christmas Number

1907

Gum Tree Brownie and other Faerie Folk of the Never-never 1st

Australian Songs for Young and Old 1st

Australian Songs for Young and Old 2nd

Humpty Dumpty, the story of the pantomime

Mollie's Adventures

Bush Babies, 6 postcards

  1.. "Two's company, three's none"
  2.. "What a joke!"
  3.. "Gossip."
  4.. "Can't you talk?"
  5.. "Secrets?"
  6.. "Meet me by moonlight alone"

The Literary Set, 6 postcards 

  1.. "A Man's reach should exceed his grasp or what's a Heaven for ?" Browning
  2.. "I cannot now recede" Shelley
  3.. "Not failure, but low aim is crime" Lowell
  4.. "If you're waiting, call me early" Tennyson
  5.. "Where the bee sucks, there suck I" Shakespere
  6.. "The aids to noble life are all within?" M. Arnold

The Native Companion, Aug

The Pelican and the Porcupine The Native Companion

The Alligator The Native Companion

Jack Marlin The Native Companion

In the Breakers The Native Companion

The Native Companion, advertisement

My Creed The Native Companion

Spring The Native Companion

Illusions The Native Companion

The Impossible that Happens The Native Companion

Ma's away at Women's Work Punch

Women's Work - The cares of a household (yesterday) Punch, 24 Oct

The Native Companion, title page

Bersekir The Native Companion

The Gulf The Native Companion

The Case of the Early Worm The Native Companion.

The Native Companion, contents page

Lilies The Native Companion

The Dancer The Native Companion

The Call of the Austral Sea The Western Mail - xmas no.

Christmas Belles by the Southern Sea The Western Mail - xmas no.

*William Moore, 'Some younger Australian artists' The Native Companion, Includes photograph of IRO plus biographical txt

1908

The Lady of the Blue Beads : her book, being an account of her first blue moon spent on Sun Island 1st

Gum Tree Brownie and other Faerie Folk of the Never-never 2nd

Australian Songs for Young and Old 2nd ed 3rd pr

Peter Pan:the boy who wouldn't grow up

The Story of Peter Pan

The Sleepless Babe The Lone Hand

Tarrant Motor Co. advertisement, The Evening Echo, supplement, Dec

1909

Madame Melba's Concert - Exhibition Building programme

A Teddy Bear Story The Lone Hand, 1 Aug

The Coming of Spring The Lone Hand, 1 Sep

A Day in Bed The Lone Hand, 1 Oct

1910

Gum Tree Brownie and other Faerie Folk of the Never-never 3rd

Bush Songs of Australia for Young and Old 1st

Australian Songs of Empire txt A R

God Guide Australia txt A R

Catalogue: original black & white drawings from The Bulletin and The Lone Hand / Osboldstone, Melbourne, 1910, 34p. Held in the Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, 26 Aug - 10 Sep

Baby The Lone Hand

Cooee: An Australian Fairy Story Australia Today

1911

Before the Lamps are Lit

Sinbad the Sailor

The Mother Mourner The Lone Hand

The Little White Gum Tree Australia Today

1912

The Lady of the Blue Beads : her book, being an account of her first blue moon spent on Sun Island

Puss in boots

The Children's Magazine, vol.3

'The Moon Fisherman Trailing his Nets from the Crescent Boat', The Australian Book Buyer

'Our Public Schools', in The Southern Sphere, Article including a profile and photographs of  IRO & A R

1913

The Forty Thieves, J. C. Williamson's annual pantomime Text Frank Dix, music Andrew MacCunn.

More Australian Songs for Young and Old, 1st

The Rose of Joy: a cantata for children

'The Black Swan: An Australian Fairy Story' Australia Today

'Santa Claus and the bears', The Weekly Times Annual 

1914

More Australian Songs for Young and Old 2nd

The Australian Book-Buyer, Christmas Number, volume 2, number 30, November-December 1914. Full page advertisement for 3 IRO books.

1915

At the Sign of the Sword

Melba's Gift Book of Australian Art and Literature 'The First Lesson' Includes story 'A Fairy without wings' by A Rentoul

'The Adventures of the Christmas Toys', The Weekly Times Annual.

1916

Elves & Fairies, prospectus

Elves & Fairies,  stories and verses by Annie R. Rentoul, edited by Grenbry Outhwaite, illustrated by I.R. Outhwaite. Lothian Book Publishing, Melbourne & Sydney, 1916. Folio, 1500 copies. Sold in a slip-case. 1st print.

'Australia will be there', Australia Today

1917  

Exhibition of black and white, and water colour drawings by I.R.O. : opened by Lady Cullen at the Fine Art Gallery, Anthony Hordern & Sons Limited, Brickfield Hill, Sydney, April 16, 1917,Forward by Mary Mansfield.

'Farmer's Children's Barber Shop' advertisement, Art in Australia, Third Number

 Cocktails in the Bush ?, may be a painting

1918  

Teddy Bear's Birthday Party Book no.1 of the Wee Willie Winkie Zoo Books series. Various books in the series were subsequently reissued within Whitcombe's Story Books or Nature Story Readers through to the 1960s

The Naughty Baby Monkey

The Guinea Pig that wanted a Tail

Peter's Peach 

Fuzzy, Wuzzy, and Buzzy

The Quarrel of the Baby Lions 

This is a story of Ackman's

'The Lost Fairies', The School Paper

'Election Day', The Weekly Times Annual

1919  

Elves & Fairies 2nd

Hymns for Service of Thanksgiving on the declaration of peace after The Great War, 1914-1919

1920  

Cinderella's dream, and what it taught her

'The Frolic', The British-Australasian

'Fairies are so shy', The British-Australasian, summer number

'Spring on Gallipoli', The British-Australasian, summer number

How the Pals came home Australia Today

'The Rivals', The Graphic - Christmas Number

Fairy and Koala knitting, Handbook on Knitting, Paton & Baldwins Ltd., circa 1920s

Fairy holding a candle, Kitchen Decorative Candles, circa 1920s

Waistcoat Pocket Diary, Charles Lettes, London, 1920. Illustrated by I.R.O. on front and rear endpapers

School-Boy's Diary, Charles Lettes, London, 1920. Illustrated by I.R.O. on front and rear endpapers

1921  

The Enchanted Forest, prospectus 

The Enchanted Forest Deluxe edition of 500 copies. 1st

The Enchanted Forest 1st trade edition

'The Waterfall Fairy', The Bookman - Christmas Number

'The Rendezvous', Bibby's Annual. 'The Fairy World'

Elves & Fairies postcards, reproductions in colour from the original paintings by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. A. & C. Black, London, 1920s - 1940s. Series 71, 71a, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 and 79. Full colour postcards. Each series came in a green envelope that listed all the A&C Black series.

Series 71
-Refreshments
-Into the Land of Heart's Delight
-Good-bye to Potty
-There were seven of them altogether
-The Butterfly Chariot
-The wee sick Goblin

Series 71A
-They Stood Still In Front Of Her
-The Glowlamp Fairy
-Serana's Wedding
-The Nautilus Fairy
-Fairy Frolic
-The Witch

Series 72
-The Crystal Gazer
-Catching the Moon on a Rope of Dewdrops
-Listening to the Nightingale
-The Butterfly Ferry
-Tossing up the Rainbow Bubbles
-The Revoke

Series 73
-Driving the others with reins of pink sea-weed
-Fairies were dancing in and out
-Round the grass-tuft glided a pearly shell
-Playing with the bubbles
-It was very difficult - at first
-She was rather severe with George

Series 74
-She is a Spring Fairy
-One on a Huge Dragon-Fly
-What is Time to us ?
-Seated on the edge of a Mauve Crocus
-A little mist played over the Pond
-The Frogs learn to jump from the Fairies

Series 75
-Bridget the Fairy Beauty
-Fairy Beauty rocks a Babe
-The Fairy Beauty
-The Fairy Bridget and the Kookaburra
-The Fairy Bridget and the Merman
-Periwinkle painting the Petals

Series 76
-The Witch's Sister on her Black Bat
-Anne plays the Pipes
-Potty talks to the Forest Creatures
-Kexy, Friend of Fairies
-The Witch on her Broomstick
-Drawn along by Fishes

Series 79
-The Jazz Band
-Anne rides on a Nautilus shell
-What a fright she got!
-The little on took his paws out of his mouth and looked rather statled
-The farthest ones looked like great butterflies
-She flew through the window, with Gumkin behind

1922

The Litte Green Road to Fairyland, prospectus

The Little Green Road to Fairyland, Deluxe edition of 300 copies1st

The Little Green Road to Fairyland 2nd

The Little Green Road to Fairyland 3rd

When Winter Comes

The Shell Fairy Calendar 1922

The Sentry and the Shell Fairy

1923 

The Little Fairy Sister, prospectus

The Little Fairy Sister 1st

Christmas Preparations Woman's World

Nothing Doing Woman's World

A sketch done by Ida Rentoul in her early childhood Woman's World

The Bookman's Christmas Number

1924   

The Shell Fairy Calendar 1924

The Fairy Story That Came True

Australian Songs for Young and Old 3rd

Bush Songs of Australia for Young and Old 2nd  

More Australian Songs for Young and Old  3rd

'The Grave of Love', The British-Australian & New Zealander, summer number

'On the way to the Fairy Party', The British-Australian & New Zealander

1925  

The Little Green Road to Fairyland Small edition 4th 

Gum Tree Brownie and other Faerie Folk of the Never-never Small edition 4th

The Enchanted Forest 3rd

The Sentry and the Shell Fairy 2nd

The Australasian - Christmas Issue

1926 

Fairyland, prospectus

Fairyland Deluxe edition of 1000, signed by IRO. Sold in a slip-case 1st pr A numbered edition is also known, with light-blue variant cover & no tissue paper on colour plates. Possibly less than 1000 signed, as unsigned variation also numbered between 1 - 1000

1927  

The Little Fairy Sister 2nd

'The Wave', The British-Australian & New Zealander, summer number

1928  

Blossom, prospectus

Blossom:a fairy story,1st

 Drawings for Advertisements book illustrations etc

'The Hoyden', Sydney Morning Herald, 28 Jul

Glaciarium Review, cover

1929  

Fairyland 2nd

The Little Fairy Sister 3rd

1930  

Bunny & Brownie, prospectus

Bunny & Brownie:the Adventures of George & Wiggle

Australian Songs for Young and Old 4th

'The Golden Whistle', Australia Today

'The Seasons', Sporting and Dramatic News - Christmas Number

Happy Hours for Young Folk, prospectus, A. & C. Black, London Includes five IRO titles plus two illustrations.

Art Ability Tests, Art Training Institute, c.1930. Includes 2 IRO pencil sketches

The New Era in Commercial Art, prospectus, c.1930's

1931  

Fairyland 3rd

The Bookman, 'Fairyland',- Special Christmas Number

1932  

The Little Green Road to Fairyland 5th

1933  

A Bunch of Wild Flowers 1st

'A Serious Accident', The Juniour Red Cross Journal

Benjamin Bear cartoon - written & drawn by IRO, The Weekly Times, Melbourne, 18 February 1933 - 26 August 1939  

1934  

The Other Side of Nowhere, prospectus

The Other Side of Nowhere 1st

The Other Side of Nowhere 2nd

A Bunch of Wild Flowers 2nd

Enchanting Isles 2nd

Chimney Town, prospectus

Chimney Town

Bush Songs of Australia for Young and Old 3rd  

Centenary Gift Book Includes 'Witchery Wood' drawing & poem by the Rentoul sisters.

1935  

Sixpence to Spend

The Australian Wonder Book Inc:The Other Side of Nowhere

Teddy Koala's Music Lesson

Australian Bush Songs:a selection of old favourites in new form

The Enchanted Forest 4th  

1937

Four New Books, prospectus. The Lost Princess, The Enchanted Seas, The Red Witch and Janet and the Fairies

The Enchanted Seas 1st

The Lost Princess 1st

The Red Witch 1st

Janet and the Fairies 1st

1938  

The Junior Red Cross Calendar

Phillida Cooper Benefit Recital, programme, Comedy Theatre. Includes 'Enchanted Forest' ballet inspired by IRO, plus illustrations.

1939 

The Koala's Picnic

Touch your toes, cover art for "I Serve" Newsletter, The Junior Red Cross in Victoria 

1940  

A Bunch of Wild Flowers 3rd

Three Australian Sketches

French Folk Songs and Rhymes

1941

Songs for Young Australians

Nutcracker Suite

Robin Hood Suite

1942

A Bunch of Wild Flowers 4th

The Enchanted Seas 2nd

Janet and the Fairies 2nd

The Lost Princess 2nd  

The Red Witch 2nd

1944  

Ten New Songs for Children

The Flying Broomstick

1945  

Musical Nursery Rhymes : Picture Book 

1946

Colouring Competition, With Compliments from W. & G. Dean 1946-7. Full Page illus by IRO for colouring competition. 25/- prize

1947  

The Little Green Road to Fairyland 6th

Teddy Bear's Picnic

Art Training Institute Prospectus 3 variants

'Developing the Imagination' Art Training Institute Lesson 34 / by IRO Art Training Institute.

1948  

A Bunch of Wild Flowers New ed 5th 

Nursery Rhymes 1st  

The Little Green Road to Fairyland 1st Aus ed 7th

The Boomerang Thrower

The Wallaby

Little Laddie and his Bush-land Friends 

1949  

The Puddin' and the Pixie

1950

Nursery Rhymes 2nd

Crock of Gold - The Adventure of Reading - Book 3, "The Rescue' and 'The Witch'

1951

'Blackberry', School Magazine - Commonwealth Jubilee Poem by IRO.

1954  

The Little Green Road to Fairyland 8th

1958  

Legends from the Outback 1st

1965

Legends from the Outback 2nd

1970

A Bibliography of Australian Children's Books, Ref

1976

[Postcards], series of 6, Connoisseur Collection, Athena International

  1.. The Nightingale
  2.. Fairy Frolic
  3.. The Butterfly Ferry
  4.. The Crystal Gazer
  5.. Kew that the spark sprite must be flying
  6.. Anne plays the pipes

1977

Australian Children's Book Illustrators Ref

1980

[Postcards], The Medici Society

  1.. By the light of the moon
  2.. Beneath the blossom
  3.. I am Kexy, friend of fairies....
  4.. Fairy walking on a spider's web

[Postcard], Athena International London, circa 1980s

1.. The Butterfly Ferry
Fairy Woods, Melo-Art Mucis Co

Mike Batt, Waves, LP recording. Sleeve is colour reproduction of IRO's 'Moonboat'

1981  

The Enchanted Forest 

1982  

The Road to Fairyland 

1983  

The Little World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite 

The Other Side of Nowhere:Fairy Stories of the Never-never 3rd

A nursery rhyme frieze 1st

1984  

Nursery Rhymes 3rd

The Lady of the Blue Beads : her book, being an account of her first blue moon spent on Sun Island contains unpublished drawings 3rd

1985

'Elves & Fairies', postage stamp

The Little World of Elves & Fairies:an anthology of verse

The Fairy World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

The Golden Age Of Australian Fantasy

I.F. McLaren's Whitcombe's Story Books - A Trans-Tasman Survey, Ref

Bears, Bush Creatures and Battlers Envelope features reproduction of "Fairy Islands", also various IRO items in the kit.

1986

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite Address Book

A nursery rhyme frieze 2nd

Cheer Up Children Inc. illustration "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary..."

Picture The Koala

Classroom - Magazine for Teachers, 6(3), July

Calendar 1986. Published in conjunction with Australian Children's Books stamps issue. April / May / June features The Little Witch

Posters, 330mm x 440mm, Peacock Publishing / State Library of South Australia. 1.The Revoke, 2. Butterfly Ferry, 3. Anne Plays the Pipes, 4. Sea Fairies, 5. The Moon Boat.

1987

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite Birthday Book

Blossom : a fairy story 2nd

The Enchanted Forest 6th

A nursery rhyme frieze 3rd

1988

Nursery Rhymes 4th

A nursery rhyme frieze 4th

Fairy World, greeting cards by Simson, 1988-1991. Series OW104 to OW140. Approx. 50 cards of various size and notebooks

The Fairy World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

1991

Blossom :a fairy story 3rd  

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite : a book of 22 postcards

The Enchanted Forest 7th

Australian Children's Calendar 1991, May & cover

1992

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite 1993 Pocket Diary   

Elves & Fairies 3rd

A Golden Age, calendar June + 2 vignettes & cover "Hello Central"

1993

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite 1994 Pocket Diary 

Elves & Fairies 4th

1994

The Enchanted Fairy Glade Plate Collection, Royal Worcester 12 Bone China plates featuring illustrations by I R O Ltd edition of 15,000.

Women's Weekly - Homemade, 10(2), 1994, 42-49. IRO article and various craft ideas, including a "Fairy Islands" cross-stitch pattern.

1995

Fairy Fantasy, Windsor Fine China / The Bradford Exchange. 8 Japanese porcelain plates illustrated by IRO. Individually numbered.

1997

Elves and Fairies 5th

Fairy World, Wedgwood / Danbury Mint 12 Bone China plates illustrated by IRO

1998

Elves & Fairies of the Australian Bush Festival Records 1 cassette, 1 CD

Book and Magazine Collector #169, Ref

2000

[Postcard], Pleiades Press, The farthest ones looked like great butterflies

The Little Book of Elves & Fairies

2002

Die Zauberwelt der Elfen & Faen

2003

Elves & Fairies 5th

2004

La Magia de Las Hadas

Little book of Australian Children's Rhymes, Ref

The Faery Garden, Ref

Fairy World mini-calendar

Fairies-Green, Topmill decoupage papers featuring 8 colour reproductions of  illustrations from The Fairy Story That Came True & The Sentry and the Shell Fairy

2005

Fairy World mini-calendar

Fairy World decoupage

2006

Fairy Promises

Fairy World mini-calendar

2007

Fairy World calendar