Lillie
Do they both have the dodgy sleeve on the fool?
Yes. It's funny, people always cite the Albano Waite as the psychedelic RWS (of and if you're talking modern, probably the Diamond), but this deck, the University Books RWS is more psychedelic than the Albano Waite I think.The University Books RWS is really cool. The colors are very electric. Love the blues. It was psychedelic before the Albano was!
The University Books RWS is really cool. The colors are very electric. Love the blues. It was psychedelic before the Albano was!
I agree, although I've only ever seen it in scans, not real life although I suspect it was the deck that my granddad owned (I remember the backs) but it went missing when he died...Yes. It's funny, people always cite the Albano Waite as the psychedelic RWS (of and if you're talking modern, probably the Diamond), but this deck, the University Books RWS is more psychedelic than the Albano Waite I think.
I love it. I really must use it more often. It has such retro charm.
Whenever I buy the OOP (pre-copyright) yellow-box USG RWS decks they always arrive complete and without drama.
The University Press decks, on the other hand, are a different beastie altogether!
My first very elderly (but virtually unused) deck arrived minus 7 Wands + two 9 Wands cards. Yikes! I had paid BIG bucks for it on eBay - and was very relieved when I was offered a refund (plus the message "keep the cards -there's a cloud over them" !)
My second red-box set came with two different Introduction cards!
Ugghhhh...University Press decks - they'll be the end of me!