{"product_id":"the-little-world-of-elves-fairies-by-ida-rentoul-outhwaite","title":"'The Little World of Elves \u0026 Fairies' by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"439\"\u003eA beautiful anthology collecting the work of one of Australia’s most iconic fairy illustrators, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"439\"\u003eOriginally emerging in the early twentieth century, Outhwaite’s work sits somewhere between children’s literature, Art Nouveau dream imagery, and the strange twilight atmosphere of European folklore translated through Australian bushland sensibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"741\"\u003eThere's so much scale and texture to these drawings. The fairies are never overly sweet or flattened into commercial fantasy. They feel elusive, slightly eerie, hidden inside roots and branches and dusk-light. The full-colour reproductions here hold onto that atmosphere remarkably well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"947\"\u003eA genuinely lovely object for collectors of illustration, folklore, children’s publishing history, or anyone drawn to that late-Victorian\/Edwardian threshold where fairy art becomes almost occult in mood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"947\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1985 Angus \u0026amp; Robertson paperback edition. Large-format illustrated volume with full-colour reproductions throughout. Clean interior and bright plates with light shelf wear and minor edge rubbing to covers. Binding remains firm.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44570439057491,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext_73.png?v=1778052896","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-little-world-of-elves-fairies-by-ida-rentoul-outhwaite","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}