Citrin
First of all, I am a huge fan of the RWS deck.
I asked my Religion teacher, who is very interested in playing cards, to copy an article comparing the different RWS versions for me. He did and I skimmed through it today. For a long time I searched for the RWS with the "hand written" card titles.
My first was a Swedish pocket version which I felt was too small for me, and had the computer font. My second was the Universal Waite which I adore, BUT as we all know it is quite changed from the original. Then I got my third deck from an auction site, I really hoped it would be the one with the hand written titles, but nope, it wasn't... It has the computer font. I read with it, but...
More than ever I want an earlier copy. I'm hoping you experts here can help me out.
Apparently there are VERY early copies called Pam A and B or something like that? I realise it's probably impossible to get that, but is there some version which is closer to these original ones that I would actually be able to get? The backs play a role too, no?
Can anyone tell me WHERE I could find this and how much it would cost (I'm unfortunately not rich!)?
And btw, on an amazon-like site there's something called "The Original Rider Waite Tarot Set" with ISBN 0880796863 from 1993... What is this? It seems to be a little more expensive than the 'normal' RWS they're also selling.
I'd be thankful for any comments. Thanks in advance!
I asked my Religion teacher, who is very interested in playing cards, to copy an article comparing the different RWS versions for me. He did and I skimmed through it today. For a long time I searched for the RWS with the "hand written" card titles.
My first was a Swedish pocket version which I felt was too small for me, and had the computer font. My second was the Universal Waite which I adore, BUT as we all know it is quite changed from the original. Then I got my third deck from an auction site, I really hoped it would be the one with the hand written titles, but nope, it wasn't... It has the computer font. I read with it, but...
More than ever I want an earlier copy. I'm hoping you experts here can help me out.
Apparently there are VERY early copies called Pam A and B or something like that? I realise it's probably impossible to get that, but is there some version which is closer to these original ones that I would actually be able to get? The backs play a role too, no?
Can anyone tell me WHERE I could find this and how much it would cost (I'm unfortunately not rich!)?
And btw, on an amazon-like site there's something called "The Original Rider Waite Tarot Set" with ISBN 0880796863 from 1993... What is this? It seems to be a little more expensive than the 'normal' RWS they're also selling.
I'd be thankful for any comments. Thanks in advance!