MANUAL OF CARTOMANCY - A.E. Waite, 1909 - OCCULT DIVINATION PROPHECY MAGICK

A MANUAL OF CARTOMANCY: FORTUNE-TELLING AND OCCULT DIVINATION, INCLUDING THE ORACLE OF HUMAN DESTINY, CAGLIOSTRO'S MYSTIC ALPHABET OF THE MAGI, THE GOLDEN WHEEL OF FORTUNE, THE ART OF INVOKING SPIRITS IN THE CRYSTAL, THE VARIOUS METHODS OF DIVINATIONBook Details + Condition: William Rider and Son, Limited (London). Scarce Second Edition, 1909. Hardcover. Small octavo. viii + 250pp. Original salmon-red cloth with titles to spine and pentagram design to the front cover, b&w frontispiece and illustrations. The publishers state "Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged, and with Plates" on the title page, but Waite's bibliographer, Dr. R.A. Gilbert, explained that it is, in fact, only the "Second Edition" as the two earlier re-publications of the book (1891 and 1897) were simple reprints of the 1889 edition, rather than having fresh or altered material. In contrast, this "Fourth Edition" (Second Edition) is substantially different to the earlier versions: It has two additional plates, and