First edition, in the rare dust jacket, of this early and important history of tattooing.
Very good plus in very good jacket.
Price: $950.00
Published the same year as his GARRETS AND PRETENDERS: A History of Bohemianism in America, journalist Albert Parry's TATTOO was arguably the first book on tattooing — previously the domain of criminals, sailors, circus folk, and prostitutes — for a general audience. It remains an important resource. Parry talked to many tattoo artists of the early 20th century including Charlie Wagner, Jack Conway, and Edgar Hazzard, and his extensive bibliography provides a valuable guide to early tattooing literature. An enduring class, rare in the jacket.
Read more: Samuel M. Steward (aka Phil Andros), Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos: A Social History of the Tattoo With Gangs, Sailors, and Street-Corner Punks 1950-1965, 194.
First printing. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1933. 9.25'' x 6.25''. Original full light blue cloth (also issued in dark blue and orange variants, no known priority). In original unclipped ($3.00) color pictorial jacket. xii, 192 pages, plus color frontispiece and 24 illustrated plates. Jacket spine faded. A few small chips and closed tears. Some rubbing, soil. Toning and offsetting to endpapers. Touches of shelfwear to extremities. Overall, sound.
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