This version of the [Rider-Waite Tarot](../rider-waite/index.shtml.html) was published by University Books beginning in 1959. Its colours are more vivid than later editions - the blues and purples are almost electric - and the backs have a different design.
Rider-Waite Tarot (University Books)
A. E. Waite (Author),
Pamela Colman-Smith (Author)
Published in 1959 by University Books Inc.