Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

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Aladdin, or, The Wonderful Lamp, Aunt Mavor's Toy Books, Evans, Edmond, 

Routledge, Warne, and Routledge

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Aladdin, or, The Wonderful Lamp, Aunt Mavor's Toy Books, Evans, Edmond, 

Routledge, Warne, and Routledge

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The Arabian Nights Entertaint, John Payne, Printed for the Villon Society by private subscription and private circulation only by Harper Brothers, 1889, llustrations by Louis Rhead

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A Little Book of Modern Poetry, Aladdin And The Jinn, Vachel, Lindsay, Charles Scribner's and Sons, New York, 1950

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A Little Book of Modern Poetry, Aladdin And The Jinn, Vachel, Lindsay, Charles Scribner's and Sons, New York, 1950

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Arabian Nights Entertainments, Burton translation, 1954, Henry Torrens, Edward Lane & John Payne

Arthur Szyk

     Aladdin is tricked by a magician, posing as his Uncle, into stealing a lamp from a treasure hoard in a cave. Aladdin is given a signet ring but told not to touch anything else only the lamp. When he takes some of the treasure he is trapped in the cave and abandoned by his false Uncle. In despair and by accident he rubs the ring and summons a familiar who tells him he is the thrall of anyone who wears the ring and transports Aladdin home to his mother. 

     Aladdin decides to sell the lamp so his mother cleans it causing a Jinni to appear.He grants their wish for food and Aladdin sells the golden platters the food is served on. He uses the lamp and it's Jinni to win the hand of the Sultan's beautiful daughter. Aladdin defeats the evil magician and his brother and eventually succeeds the Sultan as ruler.