Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme (1920)

Illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie

On the left, we show a rare copy of Ransome's Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme - as illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie - printed by K. & S. (St John's Square, London), in or about 1920. That printing was published under the banner of Nisbet & Co. Ltd. (London) for the British market and Brentano's (New York) for the American market.   This example retains the original decoratively stamped and coloured mustard cloth cover.

The traditional Persian tale of Aladdin is brought to life with stunningly sumptuous imagery by Mackenzie in his

contributions to Ransome's version: Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme. Interestingly, Mackenzie has applied an

Oriental - rather than Orientalist - perspective to the imagery which is more reminiscent of the Far East than a more

typical treatment that may have placed the story in an Arabian setting.

That approach is reflected in the marginal illustrations too, with distinct influences from then-contemporary Meiji-era

Japanese woodblock artists most apparent.

Our Greeting Cards and Reproduction Prints

For connoisseurs of Mackenzie's work, we have prepared sets of 12 Greeting Cards displaying each of his colour images for Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme and on the left, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear.             Code: TM AHWLR CS(12) Price: US$60.00

When presented on Greeting Cards, these images are prepared as tipped-on plates - in hommage to the hand-crafted

approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century. Each card is

hand-finished and and the images are presented on Ivory card stock with an accompanying envelope. The rear of each

card carries information about Thomas Mackenzie, this wonderful suite and the profiled illustration - we have left the

interior of the cards blank so that you may write your own personal message.

Should you wish to order a Reproduction Print of one or more of these images, we have provided some options below.

Each of these large format prints is also accompanied by information about Thomas Mackenzie, this suite and the profiled

illustration.

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In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful images from Thomas Mackenzie.

The colour illustrations

His only thought was love and pride In Princess Bedrelbood, his bride	The man was dressed in yellow and black	And sobbing he sat under the tree	The Slave of the Lamp
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The Sultan's daughter, Bedrelbood	And twelve tall negroes, black as coals, And twelve tall slaves, Circassian, white	... A crowd Of pig-tailed Chinamen who bowed	Of miraculous surprises
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New lamps for old do I supply	... Tis little good to chase The deeds of magic with a horse	The Magician struck but his blows fell wide	He flung far out the talisman
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