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Lexicon of Tribal Tattoos: Motifs, Meanings, and Origins

Radomir Fiksa
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Tattoos have played an important role in human culture for thousands of years. Ideal for the tattoo artist,…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 640 b/w illustrations | 240 pp
ISBN13: 9780764355653 | Binding: hard cover

$24.99
Classic Tattoo Stencils 2: More Designs in Acetate

Cliff White
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The unearthing of authentic celluloid acetate stencils, a project undertaken by Long Island tattoo shopowner and…
Size: 12″ x 9″ | 4000+ designs | 448 pp
ISBN13: 9780764351846 | Binding: hard cover

$99.99
Classic Tattoo Stencils: Designs in Acetate

Cliff White
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This is a staggering volume of thousands of examples of the celluloid acetate stencil, an essential tool in the…
Size: 12″ x 9″ | 2,000 designs | 440 pp
ISBN13: 9780764349997 | Binding: hard cover

$99.99
Flash from the Bowery: Classic American Tattoos, 1900-1950

Cliff White
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Between these pages are images of the original acetate rubbings from Charlie Wagner’s turn of the 20th century…
Size: 11 3/4″ x 9″ | 900+ b/w images | 400 pp
ISBN13: 9780764339288 | Binding: box set

$99.99
Heavily Tattooed Men & Women

Spider Webb
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This classic book will turn heads turn. Images of over a hundred heavily tattooed people from the early decades of…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 100 b/w photos | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764316050 | Binding: soft cover

$14.95
It Is What It Is: Tattooing the Brooklyn Way

Peter Caruso
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Trace the evolution of the Brooklyn tattooing scene’s iconographic status with this rare look into the borough’s…
Size: 9 1/8″ x 8 1/8″ | 398 color photos | 144 pp
ISBN13: 9780764347870 | Binding: hard cover

$34.99
Pushing Ink: The Fine Art of Tattooing

Spider Webb
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A classic reborn, here is a book that opened new territory in 1979, revealing the bodies of those who patronized…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 200+ photos | 192 pp
ISBN13: 9780764315398 | Binding: soft cover

$19.95
Sailor Jerry’s Tattoo Stencils

Kate Hellenbrand
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American tattoo master Sailor Jerry Collins of Hawaii is best known for his remarkable tattoo designs, blending…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 100s of images | 80 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764315626 | Binding: soft cover

$25.00
Sailor Jerry’s Tattoo Stencils II

Kate Hellenbrand
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“Sailor Jerry” Collins of Honolulu, Hawaii, is arguably the greatest tattoo artist of the 21st Century. His…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 338 tattoo stencils | 80 pp
ISBN13: 9780764316555 | Binding: soft cover

$25.00
Stoney Knows How: Life as a Sideshow Tattoo Artist

Alan Govenar
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Step into the world of carnival freaks… and meet a man who lived and loved it. Leonard “Stoney” St. Clair,…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 200 | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764318320 | Binding: hard cover

$39.95
Tattooed Women

Spider Webb
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Here’s a chance to ogle the women who paved the way, tattooing themselves and baring their chests when the “good…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 127 photos | 144 pp
ISBN13: 9780764315404 | Binding: soft cover

$19.95
Tattooing New York City: Style and Continuity in a Changing Art Form

Michael McCabe
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This book is an exploration into the unique continuity that exists in New York City between the past and present…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 358 photos | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764313882 | Binding: soft cover

$29.95
Tattoos from Paradise: Traditional Polynesian Patterns

Mark Blackburn
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Traditional tattooing designs are depicted from the exotic Pacific Polynesian cultures of Easter Island, Hawaii,…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 250 photos | 208 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764309410 | Binding: hard cover

$69.99
The Big Book of Tattoo

Spider Webb
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Enter a visual smorgasbord of tattoo imagery. Hundreds of photographs, thousands of tattoos. This incredible…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 512 b/w photos | 512 pp
ISBN13: 9780764315602 | Binding: soft cover

$24.95
The Great Book of Tattoo

Spider Webb
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Enjoy this dynamic collection of tattoo imagery. Over 500 vintage photographs display hundreds of people decorated…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 510 b/w photos | 512 pp
ISBN13: 9780764316043 | Binding: soft cover

$24.95
The New Old School: Exploring the Modern Renaissance of Old School & Neo-Traditional Tattooing

Jakob Schultz, Photography by Peter Booker Nielsen
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This book focuses on the traditional (old school) style of tattooing and its ongoing impact on today’s tattoo art….
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 317 color photos | 216 pp
ISBN13: 9780764349362 | Binding: hard cover

$34.99
Traditional American Tattoo Design: Where It Came From and Its Evolution

Jerry Swallow
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The evolution of tattoo art in America is spread before you in 265 impressive original tattoo flash sheets and…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 265 b/w photos | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764329135 | Binding: soft cover

$25.00