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Aladdin and Other Tales From The Thousand and One Nights. Penguin Classics No L71

by Anonymous

Other authors: N.J. Dawood (Translator)

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This, "Aladdin and Other Tales from the Thousand and One Nights", is the Penguin Classics translation/abridgment by N. J. Dawood which includes Aladdin and other tales but not Sindbad.

Different selections from the 1,001 nights translated by N. J. Dawood exist.

The sequence of publication of the three different Penguin Classics selections from the 1,001 Nights translated by N. J. Dawood:

"The Thousand and One Nights: The Hunchback, Sindbad, and Other Tales" - first published 1954 as an orange Penguin with the Penguin Books series number of 1,001 and then next published 1955 under the Penguin Classic imprint with a yellow "medallion" cover and the number L64.

"Aladdin and Other Tales from the Thousand and One Nights" - first published 1957 under the Penguin Classics imprint with a yellow "medallion" cover and the number L71.

"Tales from the Thousand and One Nights" - first published 1973 under the Penguin Classics imprint with the number L289. It contains the contents of both L64 and L71.

Please DO NOT combine this particular abridgment of 1,001 Nights with any different abridgment, or with any different translation.

Please DO NOT combine abridgments with complete works. If in doubt, please DO NOT combine.
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