Klea's book, Au Fil d'Arcane, is well worth ordering...
I have just scratched the surface...what I do is use it to explore elements of a card when I do an online reading.
Mine is getting tattered and torn. I don't go through everything she has on a card...just parts that strike my
"intuitive fancy" in the moment.
I also have Les Lettres-Nombres by Klea. Most of it has material that is WAY beyond my ken, but for a good in-depth examination of the "numbers" and how they can be used, I find it quite good. Again, not a read-through book like Carol Sedillot's. Klea's book is quite well organized, with each section not too long, yet she spends a bit of time on various elements in the cards.
Claude Darche...bit too cursory for me, but need to re-examine it in time.
I also have Hadar's book Mon Premier Livre de Tarot[.
I haven't gone through it enough, but found that I have to "sift through" Kris coming through very powerfully about meanings and on some, so far, I don't find the meanings to resonate well with me. I just got this book a couple of months ago.
Also, Jodorowsky's book La Voie du Tarot. I have quoted some parts. Again, very quick look through, but his style and content do not pull me in as Klea's and Sedillot's do.
I look forward to the Robert O'Neill reprint, as I believe the iconology work is of great import in the study of the Tarot.
....and it's in English!
Just some quick impressions. I am a great one for buying a book, skimming parts and making decisions about whether I want to explore in-depth sooner, later or never.
I do revisit some that I have set aside, when someone here finds some tidbit that I find very interesting.
terri
One day, with more time, I will hopefully be studying more in-depth, but also reading "live." (No books to look in then!)