SURREALIST RACING FORECAST CARDS; or, the Obeah Cards as Drawn by Austin Spare.
London: Austin Spare, 1936. Original Printing of the Cards of which only Twenty-six were issued. Item #17711
Outer sleeve has some soiling; 1/4 inch chip on front side under title; original sleeve is fragile and splitting; cards are slightly yellow as per usual; Very Good or better. The sleeve is printed with the title, and the cards each bear an automatic Spare image [a face], and are numbered 25 to 50. No instructions for using as a tool of divination was ever released or published, but some clues may be gleaned from Spare's "Two Tracts on Cartomancy." A very special, and scarce Spare collectible. Also, includes a complimentary set of the Obeah cards issued with the book by Fulgur in 1998 in a limited edition of 400 copies only.
Price: $893.00