Item #57863 Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot Deck. Aleister CROWLEY, Freida Harris, James Wasserman, Frieda Harris, Stuart R. Kaplan.
Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot Deck.
Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot Deck.

Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot Deck.

New York: US Games Systems Inc., (1978). First Issue of Second Full Color Printing. Set of cards with booklet in original folding cardboard box. The cards measures 5 1/2" x 3 3/4"; the box a fraction of an inch larger. Complete set comprising the 78 tarot cards, plus an additional "Calip Card" with a short history of the deck, and an extra card with Crowley's unicursal hexagram on the recto. Also a 48 page stapled booklet, "Instructions for Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot Deck' by James Wasserman, with two essays by Frieda Harris with commentary and footnotes by Stuart R. Kaplan. The first printing of the deck sometimes known as "White Box C" or "the Greenie" on account of its hue. Following the success of the original Llewellyn and Weiser printings of the Thoth deck ("White Box A", Llewllyn; "White Box B" Llewellyn and Weiser) arrangements were made to rephotograph the original tarot designs in London, to produce a more accurate deck. It was co-published by US Games Systems Inc. and Weiser in 1978, with distribution initially done by Llewellyn. The deck was very popular, with at least three printings done in the "White Box C" form, but with subtle differences between them. This is the first printing of "White Box C" - listing U.S. Games as the distributor and with no ISBN printed on the box (there are other minor differences as well). (Thanks to R. Leo Gillis for his help with this listing.) The deck itself is unused and thus Fine, the booklet has some creasing to the front wrapper (probably from being mishandled by the printer), and the box is lightly rubbed particularly at corners. Uncommon in first printing (although later issues are frequently misdescribed as such). Item #57863

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