CROWLEY, Aleister and Frieda Harris.

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

St Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publishing, ND [ 1973 ]. First Edition Thus. 78 tarot cards + "Calpih Card". Card size 5 1/2" x 3 3/4". Original printed outer slipcase with thumb-notches, cardboard inner box with gilt metallic finish covering and thumb notches. A Llewellyn publication of the Thoth Tarot deck (sometimes known as "White Box B") which was released in conjunction with Weiser in 1973. The Llewellyn reissue followed the first colour printing of the full Thoth deck that was done by that company in 1972 (not 1969, as is commonly but erroneously thought). It was published with the collaboration of Grady McMurtry (then Caliph of the O.T.O), Lee Heflin, and Gerald Yorke. Unlike the first Llewellyn edition, which was printed in Hong Kong, the Llewellyn / Weiser edition was printed in the USA, and is marked accordingly, and is thus the Llewellyn variant first color US printing. This particular set has the corrected versions of "Eight of Cups" and "Ace of Disks": the versions of those cards in "White Box A" and some early printings of "White Box B" carried design flaws (the "Eight of Cups" was lacking the numeral that is normally stamped in the upper margin, and the image on the "Ace of Disks" was printed upside down). Unlike later printings this edition was not accompanied by an explanatory booklet although it does have a separate card with a short explanatory text and the contact details for Hymenaeus Alpha - Grady L. McMurtry (the "Caliph Card"). The "Caliph Card" in has the PO Box number as "2043" - in later printings it was changed to "1111." The cards 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. (Thanks to R. Leo Gillis for his help with this listing.). Item #55519

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