Pierced Hearts and True Love - The History of Tattooing by Tattooing - Ebensten, Hanns - 1954

London: Derek Verschoyle, 1954. Second printing. Cloth. Near Fine/very good +. Cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. 94 pp. Illustrated in black and white with a color frontispiece. Called the first book in English to tell the history and describe the intricacies of Modern Tattooing. Light spotting to top edge else an exceptionally nice copy in brown cloth binding. The price-intact dustwrapper has a short closed tear and some small creases at the bottom of the rear panel. Otherwise an exceptional example of the scarce dustwrapper. Stated second impression.