Brighton, East Sussex, England: The Wildcat Collection, 1996. Staplebound wraps. 7 3/4" X 8 1/4". 47pp. Moderate wear to staplebound pictorial wraps, with creasing, surface scuffing, bumping to corners, and small nicks to head and tail of spine. Slight lean to spine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean..... More
![Folklore of Tattooing] Shisei no minzokugaku / Koishikawa Zenji hencho /](/pictures/thumb/4576_1.JPG?v=1554514554)
Tokyo: Hihy sha, 1997. Hardcover. 8 7/8" X 6 1/4". 335pp. All text in Japanese. Mild wear to slipcase with original paper band as issued, with small tears to band. Publisher's onionskin dust jacket show moderate bumping and creasing. Tan cloth over boards, with spine lettered in orange. A touch..... More
Tokyo: T ky Shinbun, 1973. Paperback. 9 1/8" X 7 3/8". All text in Japanese. Unpaginated, approximately 110pp. Moderate wear to pictorial wraps, with rubbing to extremities, edgewear and sunning to spine, light soiling and spotting to rear, and soft creasing to corners. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are..... More
New York: Shami Production, Inc., 2009. Hardcover. 11 1/2" X 8 5/8". Unpaginated. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. Moderate edgewear to binding, with hard bumping to extremities and corners turned in. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and bright. A solid copy of this collection of erotic photography..... More
Santa Rosa, California: 43 Cherry St. Productions, September 1983. Staplebound wraps. 10 7/8" X 8 3/8". Unpaginated, 20 pages. The faintest touch of wear to extremities. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A pristine copy of this fun 1983 tattoo shop "fun book" out of Cherry Street in..... More
Newport Beach, California: Action Publishing, 1994. Paperback. 10 3/4" X 8 3/8". 211pp. Mild edgewear to pictorial paper wraps, else fine, firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean and bright. A very well preserved copy of this 1994 directory of tattoo artists and studios worldwide, by state and city, and..... More
London: Oldbourne Book Company Ltd., 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 5/8". 222pp. Moderate edgewear to unclipped dust jacket, with British Book Centre label to front flap, presumably covering price. Small tears to edges and extremities of dust jacket, with light dust soiling to rear panel. Red cloth..... More
Paris: La Roulotte, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 54pp, plus 80 photographs on glossy paper bound at rear. Text in French. Original edition after 50 numbered copies. Appears to be a binding variant, with what is customarily the pictorial dust jacket instead forming the binding as..... More
Berkeley, California; Louisville, Kentucky: Privately Printed, 1987. Loose_leaf. 13 loose leaf prints, with Terry Kaegin's black and white illustrations to rectos and C. W. Eldridge's text to versos, housed in a 11 1/4" X 9 1/4" black folder, with pictorial title label to front cover loose and laid in, and..... More
Minsk, Belarus: Met Publishing, 1997. Hardcover. 9 3/4" X 6 1/2". 231pp. Text in Russian. Pictorial paper over boards. Moderate edgewear to binding, with slight lean to spine. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid copy of this Russian book on the art of tattooing, fully illustrated..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8 7/8" X 5 7/8". 346pp. Original publisher's deep red cloth over boards, with spine lettered and stamped in gilt. Moderate wear to binding, with corners bumped and turned in, gilt dulled, small tears to head and tail of spine..... More
The Hague, The Netherlands: Hunter Media, 2002. Hardcover. 12" X 9 1/2". 108pp. Moderate edgewear to pictorial paper over boards, with bumping to corners and head and tail of spine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. An attractive copy of this moving photographic exploration of moko, Maori..... More
Paris: Editions La Musardine, 2000. Paperback. 9 7/8" X 7 1/2". 199pp. Text in French. Mild edgewear to pictorial wraps, else fine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this exploration of body modification, from body-building, tattooing, piercing, to genital surgical procedures..... More
Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/8" X 6 1/8". ix, 161pp. First printing, no later printings noted. A touch of edgewear to dust jacket with bumping to top corners. Brown cloth over boards, with spine lettered in black. Very gentle bumping..... More
Tokyo: Gentosha, 2005. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 7/8". 163pp. Text in Japanese kanji only. Mild edgewear to dust jacket over printed wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this exploration of the modern art of tattoo, including Japanese traditional, cover-up..... More
Oxford: Tattoo Club of Great Britain, 1991. Staplebound wraps. 8 1/4" X 5 7/8". 19pp. 4" X 6" promotional card laid in for the Tattoo Expo 2 in Bologna, November 1994. A touch of shelfwear to staplebound pictorial wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A...... More
N.P. Kopub BV, 1982. Paperback. 9 1/2" X 8 1/4". 96pp. Moderate wear to pictorial wraps, with edgewear, surface scratching, and gentle bumping. Front hinge a touch tender. Binding remains sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid copy of this photographic encyclopedia of rock star tattoos from Adam and..... More
Herstellung: KVFR; Books on Demand GmbH, 2001. Paperback. 8 5/8" X 6 5/8". 101pp. Mild wear to pictorial wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout in black and white, this is a very nice copy of this ideas and information about tattooing and bodypainting..... More
Voorheesville, New York: Spaulding and Rogers M.F.G. Inc., 1995. Paperback. 11 5/8" X 8 1/4". 197pp. Moderate edgewear and surface scratching to stiff pictorial wraps with french flaps. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and bright. A very nice copy of this stunning visually showcase of the tattoo..... More
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London; New York; Vorheesville, New York: Virgin Publishing Co.; Carol Publishing Group; Spaulding & Rogers, 1991-1996. Paperback. 10 7/8" X 8 3/8" and 11 5/8" X 8 1/4". Various paginations. All bound in stiff, glossy pictorial wraps. Moderate edgewear to all bindings, with clean, unmarked pages. Hard bumping to tail..... More
Rieden, Germany: Arun-Verlag, 1998. Paperback. 8 1/4" X 5 3/4". 175pp. Text in German. Mild edgewear to paper wraps. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this exploration of piercing from ancient rite to modern practice, illustrated in photographs. More
