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THE
BOOK
OF
THOTH
(Prospectus)
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Title: |
The Book
of Thoth.
Prospectus |
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State (a): |
Cover
lettered in black
“THE BOOK OF THOTH | By | THE MASTER TERION | [pasted on
color reproduction of the design for
‘The
Lovers’
| Artist Executive: | FRIEDA HARRIS”
10” x 7 1/2”. |
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Publisher: |
Ordo
Templi Orientis (O.T.O.). |
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Printer: |
Chiswick
Press. |
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Published At: |
London. |
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Date: |
Circa
1944. |
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Edition: |
1st
Edition. |
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Pages: |
8. |
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Price: |
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Remarks: |
It's reported
that
an American version of a prospectus exists for
“The
Book of Thoth.” Printed circa 1944 in Beverly Hills,
California. The prospectus consists of a large sheet
folded once to make four pages with the final product measuring
10” x 7 1/2”. This version includes an announcement on the
back page for various study classes offered in Beverly Hills by
Max Schnieder. |
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Pagination: |
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Page(s) |
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[
i] |
Half-title |
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[
ii] |
Limitation notice |
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[
iii] |
Blank |
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[
iv] |
Color plate mounted |
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[
v] |
Title-page |
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[
vi] |
Quotation from the Book of Lies, printer’s
imprint ‘Made and Printed in Great Britain by | the
Chiswick Press Ltd., London, N. 11’ |
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[vii-x] |
Contents |
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[xi-xii] |
Bibliographical note |
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[
1] |
Divisional title ‘PART ONE | THE THEORY OF THE TAROT’ |
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[
2] |
Blank |
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[3-48] |
Text |
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[
49] |
Blank |
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[
50] |
Color plate mounted |
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[
51] |
Divisional title ‘PART TWO | THE ATU | (KEYS OR TRUMPS)’ |
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[
52] |
Blank |
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[53-142] |
Text |
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[143] |
Blank |
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[144] |
Color plate mounted |
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[145] |
Divisional title ‘PART THREE | THE COURT CARDS’ |
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[146] |
Blank |
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[147-171] |
Text |
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[172-173] |
Blanks |
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[174] |
Color plate mounted |
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[175] |
Divisional title ‘PART IV | THE SMALL CARDS’ |
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[176] |
Blank |
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[177-220] |
Text |
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[221] |
Blank |
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[222] |
Color plate mounted |
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[223] |
Divisional title ‘PLATES’ |
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[224] |
Blank |
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[225-244] |
Illustrations of “The small cards" and diagrams |
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[245] |
Blank |
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[246] |
Color plate mounted |
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[247] |
Divisional title ‘APPENDIX A THE BEHAVIOR OF THE TAROT:
ITS USE IN | THE ART OF DIVINATION’ |
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[248] |
Blank |
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[249-260] |
Text (Appendix A) |
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[261] |
Blank |
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[262] |
Color plate mounted |
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[263] |
Divisional title ‘APPENDIX B’ |
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[264] |
Blank |
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[265-270] |
Text (Appendix B) |
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[271] |
Blank |
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[272] |
Color plate mounted |
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[273-287] |
Text (Appendix B) |
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[288] |
Blank |
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[289] |
Colophon ‘[device of the Chiswick Press] | CHISWICK
PRESS LTD. |
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[290-292] |
Blanks |
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Contents: |
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Part
One: The Theory of the Tarot |
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Part
Two: The Atu (Keys or Trumps) |
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Part
Three: The Court Cards |
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Part
Four: The Small Cards |
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Appendix A |
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Appendix B |
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Illustrations |
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The Hierophant (Mounted color plate) |
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Lust (Mounted color plate) |
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Ace of Swords (Mounted color plate) |
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Ace of Disks (Mounted color plate) |
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The Lovers (Mounted color plate) |
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The Sun (Mounted color plate) |
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The Universe (Mounted color plate) |
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The Key Scale (Mounted color plate) |
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The Small Cards (20 pages) |
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Diagrams (4 pages) |
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Author’s
Working
Versions: |
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Other
Known
Editions: |
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Kashmarin Press, Berkeley, California, 1969. |
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Samuel Weiser, New York, 1969. |
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Lancer Books, NY PB, 1972. |
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Samuel Weiser, New York, 1973. |
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Samuel Weiser, New York, 1974. |
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Level Press, San Francisco, California, 1974. |
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U.S.Games Systems, Inc., Stamford, CT PB, January 1977. |
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Samuel Weiser, New York, 1978. |
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Samuel Weiser, New York, 1981. |
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Samuel Weiser, New York, 2000. |
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Weiser Antiquarian Books, Maine, 2007. |
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Comments
by
Aleister
Crowley: |
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