Pamela Colman Smith ~ The Untold Story (Limited Edition)

$200.00

Pamela Colman Smith

The Untold Story

 

by 

Stuart Kaplan

with

Mary K. Greer, Elizabeth Foley O’Connor & Melinda Boyd Parsons

 

2018

US Games Inc

440 pp

Hardcover – Limited edition of only 500 hand numbered copies, signed by all 4 authors. Leather spine with raised bands, gold foil stamp and slipcase.

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Description

Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story brings together the work of four distinguished scholars; Stuart Kaplan, Mary K. Greer, Elizabeth Foley O’Connor and Melinda Boyd Parsons, who have devoted years of research to uncover the life and artistic accomplishments of Pamela Colman Smith. Known to millions as the creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck, Pamela Colman Smith (1878-1951) was also a stage and costume designer, folklorist, poet, author, illustrator of ballads and folktales, suffragette, and publisher of books and broadsheets.

This collaborative work presents: a richly illustrated biography of Pamela’s life with essays on the events and people that influenced her including Jack Yeats, Ellen Terry, Alfred Stieglitz, Bram Stoker and William Gillette. There is also a chronological survey of her folktales, art and poetry and an exploration of her lasting legacy.

Over 400 color images of Pamela’s non-tarot art have been curated from her publications including A Broad Sheet, The Green Sheaf, Blue Beard, Annancy stories, Russian ballet, costumes, stage designs, Irish magazines, book illustrations, posters and much more.

This 440-page volume also includes:

Select pages including autographs with sketches and scribblings reproduced from Pamela s 1901 1905 Visitors book
Pamela s personal documents, correspondence, portraits, and photographs
Rare archival material from several leading museums and libraries
Extensive Bibliography of 525 entries and Index with over 2,000 listings

Only 500 copies of this magnificent book have been specially bound with deckled fore edges, a leather spine with raised hubs and green cloth to feature Pixie’s favorite color. Her initials and signature have been stamped in gold foil on the book cover and slipcase. Each copy features a delicate vellum sheet that is hand-signed by all four authors and is hand numbered. Protected by a matching slipcase, also stamped in gold foil, this book is sure to be a collector’s item.

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