gregory said:
Oh hum whee.
Well - no, Lillie - I bought mine in the early 70s - but that still rules out it being a 1977 print. My greeny has no details at all attached, but it IS a nice wooden box ! And I like the colour actually !
Oh well. I am still non the wiser about the dates of those earliest versions in the 2 part boxes. Though I believe that they all predate 77 when the first greenie appeared. (I expect I will discover differently when I check out the Tarot Garden library!)
What nice boxes though! It would be nice if they still made boxes as sturdy and as easy to use as them!
The person who sold me my 'distributed by Weiser' deck said it was bought in 73. But I think that was just because the Thoth book that was with it was 73.
If I ever find the article about the Hong Kong deck that I was on about, I'll let eveyone know. But, until I do, it will have to remain in the 'things I think I remember' folder in my brain.
I like the green colour too. But then I have never had a modern, bright copy to compare with. Only the older one.
Which, when I compare, throws up some quite interesting differences in colour tone. Some being much darker and duller, others being far brighter and more colourful.
The reason I started trying to find out about the different editions was that I was after a greenie with a red and black hexagram, and didn't want to get the wrong deck.
I had already made one mistake, and ended up with the old one instead!
Which got me interested in them...
But I never did get it all straight in my head, it's far too complicated.
It's a shame about the faded cards, but I'm sort of glad it's not just mine. Not that I'm pleased that anyone elses are faded, just that mine are 'normal' for their species.
Thin Buddah.
Thank you!
That is exactly what I needed to know.
I like the cross on the backs, and it would be a shame if 'trimming' cut off bits of it!
So, if I get my hands on a modern deck, I might just trim it! (I feel so naughty! cutting a deck, it's almost heresy!)