TATTOO : SYMBOLS AND MEANINGS by Watkins, Jack ; James Bennett (Ed.) - 2010

New York: Metro Books, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. Franklin, Mark. TRADITIONAL CHINESE BOOKBINDING. Mild shelfwear. A .5" scuff mark to lower front near spine. White lettering on spine. Gilt lettering debossed to front of brown boards. Red paste-on with dragon to front board. Black and white illustration accompanies text on each page. Two maps. Clean, bright, solid binding. 96 pp with index. An interesting look at the history of tattoos. "All the tattoos in this book have some sort of connection with the past. Many come from primitive cultures, or date back to the time when a tattoo really stood for something, and was not merely a fashionable whim," (introduction).