Debra
I'd love to hear more, too!
*sits quietly waiting for more stories about University Press*
*sits quietly waiting for more stories about University Press*
University Books editions from 19XX to 19XX
Charles Darnay
I'll have to beg off as I am in the middle of moving,but, ini brief,Felix was the most uoccult person you will ever meet.Heavy set,an incredible eater,always surrouded by a passel of good looking secretaries,a very Yiddish leftist of the thirties.
Nevertheless his introductions,if carefully read,show he knew exactly to what he was up. Seems to have been a hardcore Frankist.The exception to this was the absolutely wonderful two volume edition of "The 100,000 Songs of Milarepa" translated with commentary by Garma C. Chang.Felix was very generous in handing out extra copies.
I was a freelance,while studying at Columbia. I brought him old esoteric lore worth republishing and was revisinig for a re-edition of Grillot De Givry's once well known anthology of the sacred and the occult.Gertrude Moakley also acted as consultant and she gave me a lot of helpful advice.
I am convinced,looking back,that she knew at least five tiimes as much as she ever said.
Nevertheless his introductions,if carefully read,show he knew exactly to what he was up. Seems to have been a hardcore Frankist.The exception to this was the absolutely wonderful two volume edition of "The 100,000 Songs of Milarepa" translated with commentary by Garma C. Chang.Felix was very generous in handing out extra copies.
I was a freelance,while studying at Columbia. I brought him old esoteric lore worth republishing and was revisinig for a re-edition of Grillot De Givry's once well known anthology of the sacred and the occult.Gertrude Moakley also acted as consultant and she gave me a lot of helpful advice.
I am convinced,looking back,that she knew at least five tiimes as much as she ever said.
rwcarter
I have two University Press editions of the Pictorial Key in front of me. Just to look at them, they are exactly the same book except one has a dust jacket (DJ) and one doesn't (but probably did at some point).
But when you start to thumb through the two books, differences start to emerge. The one w/o the DJ has color pictures of the cards while the one with the DJ has B&W pictures of the cards.
The only other difference I can see between the two copies, since there's no print edition info in either book is that the one with the B&W images has numbered pages that go up to 344 and then there are 15 unnumbered pages of ads for other books in a section titled "A Library of Ancient and Modern Classics" while the one with color images has numbered pages that go up to 344 and then there are 15 numbered pages of ads for other books in a section titled "Library of the Mystic Arts" in larger font and "A library of Ancient and Modern Classics" in smaller font under that. So the second book has 359 numbered pages in it.
I just saw one more difference and I think I finally figured out what something means that's been mentioned already in this thread! The inside covers of the copy with B&W images are white, while the inside covers of the copy with color images are green. I always thought that "green end pages" referred to a section of pages at the end of the book that were green.... 
I got my copy of the book with green end pages!!!!! And it was dirt cheap too! WOO HOO!!!!!!
Rodney
But when you start to thumb through the two books, differences start to emerge. The one w/o the DJ has color pictures of the cards while the one with the DJ has B&W pictures of the cards.
The only other difference I can see between the two copies, since there's no print edition info in either book is that the one with the B&W images has numbered pages that go up to 344 and then there are 15 unnumbered pages of ads for other books in a section titled "A Library of Ancient and Modern Classics" while the one with color images has numbered pages that go up to 344 and then there are 15 numbered pages of ads for other books in a section titled "Library of the Mystic Arts" in larger font and "A library of Ancient and Modern Classics" in smaller font under that. So the second book has 359 numbered pages in it.
I just saw one more difference and I think I finally figured out what something means that's been mentioned already in this thread! The inside covers of the copy with B&W images are white, while the inside covers of the copy with color images are green. I always thought that "green end pages" referred to a section of pages at the end of the book that were green.... I got my copy of the book with green end pages!!!!! And it was dirt cheap too! WOO HOO!!!!!!
Rodney
gregory
Kill killrwcarter said:
(I was aware of this but thought the green ended ones were the hen's teeth of tarot books )rwcarter
So did I! With shipping I got it for $5.gregory said:Kill kill
The seller didn't know what he had and since I already have a University Books edition, I bought it on a whim cause it was so cheap. I've had it for a couple of weeks sitting on my desk waiting for me to get around to dealing with it and trying to figure out the who/what/when/where/why of it.Rodney
gregory
When you see another.....rwcarter said:So did I! With shipping I got it for $5.
Rodney
rwcarter
I must correct a mistake in the above. I paid $19 incl shipping for the book. I bought 2 University Press PKTs recently. The other was one B&W and was only $5 including shipping. $19 is still a lot less than I would've expected to pay for that considering its rarity.rwcarter said:So did I! With shipping I got it for $5.
Rodney
Cerulean
Hello rwcarter--you might have something rare?
I have print edition information in my 1959 press copy with the color pictures and green end papers and dust jacket
I also have print edition information in my 1966 much worn copy with black and white pictures and no dust jacket.
I hope that I am not mis-reading what you are writing, but the University Books print edition information in my copies are on the left hand side of the page and the Table of Contents are on the right in both my copies. The dates, being printed in the United States of America, etc.
I hope that makes sense--that is in my copies.
Sorry if I am not understanding what you are saying--you might have something rare and my editions with print information seems somewhat different in terms of being able to read the publishing information in my copies.
Cerulean
rwcarter says:
The only other difference I can see between the two copies, since there's no print edition info in either book
I have print edition information in my 1959 press copy with the color pictures and green end papers and dust jacket
I also have print edition information in my 1966 much worn copy with black and white pictures and no dust jacket.
I hope that I am not mis-reading what you are writing, but the University Books print edition information in my copies are on the left hand side of the page and the Table of Contents are on the right in both my copies. The dates, being printed in the United States of America, etc.
I hope that makes sense--that is in my copies.
Sorry if I am not understanding what you are saying--you might have something rare and my editions with print information seems somewhat different in terms of being able to read the publishing information in my copies.
Cerulean
rwcarter says:
The only other difference I can see between the two copies, since there's no print edition info in either book
rwcarter
Sorry, I wasn't clear. By print editions, I meant the numbers likeCerulean said:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
or
10 8 6 4 2 1 3 5 7 9
which show which printing of a book it is. My color copy with the green end papers does say:
New Material Copyright 1959
by University Books, Inc.
Library of Congress Catalog Number 59-15903
Originally published 1910
It's just that without those numbers, there's no way to know which edition came first, color or B&W. But there are 2 ways that I can see to identify a color edition other than by those words - green end papers and 359 numbered pages in the book.
Sorry for the confusion.
Rodney
Chiska
Rodney! I just received this same book, but I have 344 numbered pages in the book! I checked, none are missing.
I see that Tehuti describes hers as having 344 pages as well. But it is just as what you have listed above - color plates, same imprint as above, dust jacket, green ends... I also got the matching deck with the card advertising the book. I love the slip case for the deck! I wish more decks had cases like that rather than tuck boxes.Lovely set - book is virtually uncracked with only a couple little dings in the dust jacket, but deck is nicely used and very well loved. Don't care if I paid too much ($50 for set) - it is THE Rider Waite deck I've been looking for all this time. Used, loved, and old. Sadly, one card is very delicate and use of deck will be very limited. I believe it is appropriate that it is the 9 Cups card that is creased and folded.
