Tenggren's Golden Tales from the Arabian Nights

Originally published in 1957, Tenggren's Golden Tales from the Arabian Nights: The Most Famous Stories from the Great Classic A Thousand and One Nights, retold by Margaret Soifer and Irwin Shapiro, gathers 11 well-known tales told by Scheherazade to the king, to save her life and those of her countrywomen. Fantastical illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren bring to life genies, monsters, magicians, princesses, palaces and the exotic backdrops in tales such as ""Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp,"" ""Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"" and ""Sinbad the Sailor."" (Sept.)