A Real Queen’s Fairy Tales (1901), penned by Carmen Sylva (Queen Elisabeth of Romania) and illustrated by Harold Wilson and A. Garth Jones, is a dazzling fusion of European royal artistry and Golden Age book design. Published by David & Co, Chicago, this lavish volume showcases the queen’s original fairy tales—steeped in Romanian folklore and Germanic Romanticism—through the lens of two iconic illustrators. Wilson’s delicate drawings evoke the misty forests of the Carpathians, while Jones’s intricate ink drawings, reminiscent of Aubrey Beardsley’s work, lend a decadent edge to stories like The Witch’s Daughter and The Enchanted Zither.
A Real Queen’s Fairy Tales – Carmen Sylva 1901 | 1st Edition
$125.00
- Author:
Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumania; Harold Wilson & A. Garth Jones illustrators - Publisher:
David & Co, Chicago, 1901 - Binding:
Hardcover - Condition:
Good - Size:
8vo - Attributes:
First Edition, Illustrated
First edition, first printing. Pictorial red cloth, rubbed, binding tight, square, spine ends rubbed & chipped, corners bumped and worn, top edge soiled at spine. With Twenty-eight wonderful full-page illustrations by Harold Nelson and A. Garth Jones. Good or better copy of this rare book.
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