<p><b>Discover mystery and wonder in <i>Tales from the</i> <i>Arabian Nights</i>.</b></p><p>The next elegant edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series, <i>Tales from the</i><i>Arabian Nights</i> is comprised of twenty-one of the most popular tales that were told by Scheherazade to her husband, King Shahryar, in the course of 1,001 nights in order to save her life. Dating over a thousand years, with origins from Persia, India, Egypt, and Mesopotamia, among others, the stories include &quot;The Tale of Scheherazade,&quot; &quot;Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp,&quot; and &quot;Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.&quot;</p><p>For folktale fans worldwide, this stunning gift edition has a cloth binding, ribbon marker, and is packaged neatly in an elegant slipcase. Featuring a new introduction, 24 color illustrations by Edmund Dulac, and the classic translation by Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), this volume of <i>Tales from the Arabian Nights</i> is an indispensable classic for every home library.</p>