The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward White (1971) hardcover book

Arthur Edward White, Introduction by Paul M. Allen - The Pictorial Key to the Tarot ( Being Fragments of a Secret Tradition Under the Veil of Divination)

San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1971. A Volume in the Harper Library of Spiritual Wisdom. Softcover. ISBN 0-06-068945-5. 340pp. 8vo. With 78 plates illustrating the Greater and Lesser Arcana from designs by Pamela Colman Smith. Poor condition. Wear to outer corners and out edges of the text-block. Staining to the outer/inner covers, endpapers, pages of the text, and the text-block edge. Area of damage to the verticle text-block edge. Creasing to outer spine. A small area of damage to the lower outer spine from a (previously removed) sticker. Areas of discoloration to outer/inner covers, endpapers, pages of the text, and the text-block edge. Creasing, toning, scratching, smudging, and discoloration to the outer/inner covers, endpapers, pages of the text, and the text-block edge. Some creasing to the corners of the covers and text-block.

A rather dingy copy of the classic text by Waite. We feel its shabbiness lends itself to the subject matter. Would you want a pristine book on the occult? We think not.

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