Tarot Classic

240 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Good to very good dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. Note: The jacket is chipped at the head of the spine. Publication date of 1972 with no later printing history provided. Presumed First Printing. PLEASE NOTE: INSCRIBED by the author on the acknowledgment page: "February 19, 1981 To Doris B. Frank Best wished for your tarot future, from the author Stuart R. Kaplan New York". Stuart R. Kaplan was the founder and chairman of U.S. Games Systems, Inc. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.