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Sat, Nov 11, 2023 10:00AM EST
Lot 321

Tattoo: Seven Books on Body Art, including The Japanese Tattoo

Estimate: $200 - $300

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A) The Japanese Tattoo. Donald Richie & Ian Buruma. Weatherhill, New York, first edition, 1980. Hardcover with DJ (see photos for condition), 115pp. B) Heavily Tattooed Men and Women. Spider Webb. McGraw Hill, NY, 1976. Softcover, 100pp. C) Ta Moko: The Art of Maori Tattoo. D.R. Simmons. Auckland Museum, Reed Methuen, 1986. With publisher's erratum slip. Softcover, 183pp. D) Art, Sex and Symbol: The Mystery of Tattooing. Scott and Gotch, A.S Barnes and Company, New Jersey, 1974. Hardcover, no DJ, 205pp. E) Tattooed Women. Chris Wroblewski. Carol Publishing Group, NY. Softcover, 109pp. F) Tatau: The Art of the Samoan Tattoo. Chief Sielu Avea. Pacific Printers, Honolulu, Sielu Enterprises, 1994. Softcover, 40pp. G) Man As Art, New Guinea, 1993 edition. Photographs by Malcolm Kirk. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, Softcover, 144pp.

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