Tales from 1,001 Nights: Aladdin, Ali Baba and Other Favourite Tales
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Overview:
- Title: Tales from 1,001 Nights: Aladdin, Ali Baba and Other Favourite Tales
- Author: Malcolm C. Lyons, Ursula Lyons
- Year: 2010
- ISBN-10: 9780141191652
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Price: £25.00
- Pages: xxi+496+[5]
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Collection
- Title Reference: Tales from 1,001 Nights: Aladdin, Ali Baba and Other Favourite Tales
- Notes:
- Publication date from Amazon UK as of 2016-07-15.
- Original Arabic story contents are of unknown date and unknown authorship, these English translations are dated 2008.
- Translated from the Arabic by Malcolm C. Lyons and Ursula Lyons. The Editorial Note credits Ursula Lyons with translations of the tales of Aladdin and Ali Baba from Antoine Galland's French (dated 1704), all other translations are credited to Malcolm C. Lyons.
- Copyright page states "First published in three volumes by Penguin Classics 2008 [over] This abridged edition published 2010".
- Robert Irwin is credited for 'Introduction', 'Glossary' (p.491) and 'Further Reading' (p.495) on the copyright page only, copyright date 2010.
- Publication has a blue page-marker, with no dustjacket and design printed directly onto the boards.
- Cover images credited to The Art Archive, cover design credited to Coralie Bickford-Smith on the copyright page, also with "Cover: C. B-Smith" on the barcoded price sticker.
- A section titled "Maps" is at the rear of the book, and they are uncredited.
- Also priced $25.00 and C$29.95 on barcoded price sticker only, attached to the back cover.