Le Fanu
Are there really no dates for the various Pamela editions?
I have read all the info on Holly's site, and I've read the article by K.F Jensen from the Manteia Courier and none of them seem to be very specific about datings for the early RWS decks. It seems that the Pamela A can be dated 1909, but everything else is a blur, with Pamela E being catalogued in the Cary Collection as 1920.
Is it possible to date the Pamela Bs with any certainty? I read here somewhere that the order as stipulated by Jenson cannot be taken for granted and that the order A, B, C, D & E may not actually be the order in which they were published.
Does the Pamela B edition come soon after the Pamela A (i.e 1910) or is it believed to come later (i.e 1920s? 1930s?)?
It seems odd to me that publications from the 20th Century cannot be dated with more certainty...
I have read all the info on Holly's site, and I've read the article by K.F Jensen from the Manteia Courier and none of them seem to be very specific about datings for the early RWS decks. It seems that the Pamela A can be dated 1909, but everything else is a blur, with Pamela E being catalogued in the Cary Collection as 1920.
Is it possible to date the Pamela Bs with any certainty? I read here somewhere that the order as stipulated by Jenson cannot be taken for granted and that the order A, B, C, D & E may not actually be the order in which they were published.
Does the Pamela B edition come soon after the Pamela A (i.e 1910) or is it believed to come later (i.e 1920s? 1930s?)?
It seems odd to me that publications from the 20th Century cannot be dated with more certainty...