Deck ID (with a nice story)

[Essjay]

Such a lovely story

All from one simple reading, what a lovely man to bring them to you.

 

[Satori]

Such a lovely story

All from one simple reading, what a lovely man to bring them to you.

You make a great point here Essjay. Never underestimate the power of the free reading. Wonderful things happen when we offer our gifts up out of kindness and love.

 

[willoe]

That's such an awesome story Le Fanu! It's very true, you do make your own luck, and this is just proof. That haul is fantastic.

 

[Le Fanu]

Never underestimate the power of the free reading

Funny... I never connected the two, but - yes - you're right. I mean, quite apart from my fun in giving him a free reading, he would never have known about my interest in cards if I had never got them out in the first place.

 

[emmsma]

What a fabulous story. How wonderful for you to have received these lovely decks!

 

[Essjay]

You make a great point here Essjay. Never underestimate the power of the free reading. Wonderful things happen when we offer our gifts up out of kindness and love.

I remember having a free reading once, it was a palm reading from a lady who walked into a salon I was in. I've never forgotten it, she said some amazing things

 

[truelighth]

Until your post Cerulean, I hadn't noticed it didn't have the copyright on the front of the cards (I knew it felt special, couldn't pinpoint why; it felt nicer than my other versions). I have a couple of slightly different Rider & Co RWS decks but they both have U.S Games copyright on the bottom right hand corner. This one doesn't! Hurrah!

I am pretty sure that your RWS pre-dates the U.S. Games copyright and so it was published before 1971. If I remember correctly, it is also sometimes referred to as the travellers' version of the RWS. Published by Rider & Co indeed. With a two-lidded box in blue. Nice find!

 

[Le Fanu]

Thank you for that info! But isn't the Traveller's version a smaller version?

 

[rwcarter]

Could also be a Weiser yellow box edition (which therefore doesn't have any USG identifiers anywhere on it) or a USG yellow box before the 14-17th printing of the LWB.

 

[truelighth]

Could also be a Weiser yellow box edition (which therefore doesn't have any USG identifiers anywhere on it) or a USG yellow box before the 14-17th printing of the LWB.

No, it definately has a blue box. You can see that on the pictures.

As for your question about the traveller's version being smaller.. I am afraid I don't know. I seem to remember the blue box version from Rider&Co being referred to as the traveller version. But now I am not sure anymore. I will need to check.

Edited to say:
Ok, just checked my sources. You are right, it is not the Traveller's version. My mistake. I kinda always thought the blue boxed Rider RWS was called Traveller's Tarot, but that one is indeed a mini deck and much smaller. Moreover, it has the name Traveller's Tarot on the box. But this sure is a deck published by Rider&Co, since they use that blue box.