CROWLEY, Aleister and Frieda Harris.

Thoth Tarot Cards ( First US Color Printed Version - Samuel Weiser Issue ) [ Tarot Deck ].

New York: Samuel Weiser, ND [1973]. First Weiser Edition. 78 cards. Card size 5 1/2" x 3 3/4". Original printed outer slipcase with thumb-notches, cardboard inner box/tray with gilt metallic finish covering and thumb notches. The first Weiser publication of the Thoth Tarot deck (sometimes known as "White Box B.") This first Weiser edition was published in conjunction with Llewellyn in 1973 - who simultaneously produced several printings under their own imprint. It followed the first colour printing of the full Thoth deck by Llewellyn in 1972 (not 1969, as is commonly but erroneously thought) and was published with the collaboration of Grady McMurtry (then Caliph of the O.T.O), Lee Heflin, and Gerald Yorke. The first / early printings of the Weiser "White Box B" are distinguishable as they carry over two errors from the original Llewellyn "White Box A" printing: the "Eight of Cups" is lacking the numeral that is normally stamped in the upper margin, and the image on the "Ace of Disks" is printed upside down (these errors were corrected in later printings). Unlike later printings this edition was not accompanied by an explanatory booklet. It typically did have a separate card with a short explanatory text and the contact details for Hymenaeus Alpha - Grady L. McMurtry (the "Caliph Card"). This deck does not have the "Caliph Card." It has come direct from the original purchaser, a customer of ours for over 40 years, who is adamant that it did not come with a "Caliph Card." Whether this was an accidental omission by the printers, or some early sets were released without it, is not known. The cards themselves are used but in Very Good + condition, in a VG example of the original two-piece printed box: the box is lightly rubbed and a little darkened, the inner tray is splitting at the bottom joint. (Thanks to R. Leo Gillis for his help with this listing.). Item #55518

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