Red Magic: A Collection of the World’s Best Fairy Tales From All Countries.

WILSON, Romer. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen.

Item Number: 137175

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1931.

First edition of the third volume in Romer Wilson’s “Magic” collection of fairy tales, with beautiful illustrations by Kay Nielsen. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 8 plates by Kay Nielsen. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Rare.

"Romer Wilson's collection of fairy stories brings together stories which a child would not be likely to find in other places. This is a volume for a child to explore for himself and enjoy for himself" (Saturday Review of Literature).