Painted Caravan Penetration Secrets Tarot by Rakoczi Basil Ivan (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards slightly bowed, betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Stamp on title page; interior pages with text without any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.32.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. RAKOCZI, Basil Ivan (illustrator). First Edition. First edition, first printing. Original yellow cloth with titles in black to the spine and a blind stamped sun design to the upper board. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white by the author. A very clean, tight copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth clean, the extremities very slightly rubbed. Covers slightly 'bowed'."Wehman Bros" publisher's stamp to the title page, No insc. 117pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

First edition, first printing. Original yellow cloth with titles in black to the spine and a blind stamped sun design to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white by the author. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth clean, the extremities very slightly rubbed. The contents, with a few faint marks to the text block edges and a "Wehman Bros" publisher's stamp to the title page, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased original dustwrapper which has minor chipping to the spine tips a tiny closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel. Not price clipped ($6.95 stamped to the front flap). A scarce title. A fascinating and beautiful book on the history and interpretation of tarot cards written and illustrated by the expressionist artist Basil Ivan Rakoczi (1908-1979). Rakoczi had a lifelong interest in folklore and occult topics which made itself apparent in his art, and he was a member of the Gypsy Lore Society and Folk Lore Society. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A Penetration into the Secrets of the Tarot Cards. Illustrated by the author based on ancient Gypsy packs. First Edition. Boucher, The Hague (Holland), Netherlands 1954. illus 120pp hb dw worn, torn & discoloured, pict multi-coloured dw, embossed grey cloth, book near fine.