Colors and backside of the cards according to the first edition from 1909. The frontsides of the cards offer the same beautiful reprint of the colors of the historic cards as the blue edition. The back of the cards shows the famous brown pebble back that was the very backside of the first printing. This edition consists of a sturdy bottom lid box with a detailed instruction booklet of 96 pages various language editions and in three different card sizes: Deluxe = 99 x 169 mm; English  Standard = 70 x 120 mm; English, Spanish, Portuguese & French  Pocket = 57 x 89 mm; English, Spanish & Portuguese  The cards were drawn in 1909 by Pamela Colman Smith under the direction of Arthur Edward Waite. Smith's vibrant drawings transformed the standard tarot deck.  Pamela Colman Smith was born February 16, 1878, in Middlesex, England to American parents, Smith's childhood years were spent between London, New York, and Kingston, Jamaica. During her teens, she traveled throughout England with the