The Enchanted Forest de Ida Rentoul Outhwaite SIGNED and Grenbry Outhwaite - 1921

London: A & C Black, 1922. Postcard. Illustrated postcard of a fairy playing music for bunnies with caption "Anne plays the pipes." From The Enchanted Forest (1921) by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888-1960), the Australian illustrator of children's books. From the Elves and Fairies Series (No. 76). Sent to Peggy Biruie of Karachi, India. 3 1/2 by 5 inches.

A & C Black, 1921. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Poor. A binding copy only. Boards are rubbed, discoloured, frayed at the margins with the pasted on title part missing. Spine strip detached but included. Light spotting to the text leaves, plates bright and clean. Shaken and now quite fragile. All colour [16] and black & white [15] plates present but the plate at page 71 is now detached but included. Some light creasing to a couple of the plates but overall a copy worth saving. . First edition (first printing). Hardback. Physically 10¾” x 8” (1 kg); 93 (2)pp; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #170715|| Condition:

A. & C. Black 1921. first edition, quarto, red/blue cross-hatched heavy card boards with blue cloth to spine, gilt lettering to spine, white label with illustration to front board, illus eps, frontispiece tipped in, viii + 93pp + 2pp adverts, VG+ (wear to extremities including bruising to board edges, foxing to prelims and page edges, light soiling to spine)

London: A & C Black, 1921. A very scarce children`s classic by Ida Outhwaite (1888-1960) & her husband Grenbry Outhwaite both from Australia, full of wonderful & charming coloured & black & white plates of fairies, the little people & Goblins etc. some foxing through out as is usually found in this edition , the book has been sumptuously rebound in dark blue morocco leather with raised bands gilt lines, emblems between, title and the date , boards with striking matching dark blue marbled papers and the original paper label laid on. Original endpapers with fairys in brown sepia retained , "This very scarce book looks stunning" . First Edition. Hard Back Morocco Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite . 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.