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Oldbourne, 1958-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2.7919 in x 21.5736 in x 14.4670 in. Ex-library book, Hardback, usual stamps and marking. Clean text, sound binding.

Oldbourne, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Stain and minor wear on the boards. Minor tear on the top edge of a few pages. Text and pictures are clear of markings and notations. Binding is intact. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Oldbourne, 1958. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine; some rounding to corners, and blue marker to front endpaper, else near fine. In a lovely copy of the illustrated jacket; two short edge tears, with light dusting, but close to near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. Well-illustrated with over a dozen black-and-white plates.

Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Good clean unmarked copy. Minor shelf wear to boards, moderate wear & tear to dust jacket. All pages are intact and unmarked, binding is tight.

London: Oldburne, 1958. First printing. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 222 pages. Bound in red cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine titles. No significant wear to book Jacket has a couple of short, cleanly closed edge tears, a few tiny rubs, and a hint of browning to edges of rear panel. Fine in a fine unclipped dust jacket.. Black and white frontispiece and photographic plates. George Burchett was kicked out of school at age 12 for tattooing his classmates. After a stint in the Royal Navy--from which he absconded--he became a full-time tattoo artist in 1900.<br /> <br /> He served a broad clientele, including the wealth upper class and European royalty. Burchett pioneered cosmetic tattooing in the 1930s with innovations such as permanently darkening eyebrows. <br /> <br /> Burchett died suddenly in 1953, but left a trove of documents, pictures, annotated appointment books, a diary, and even a draft of a memoir. These are the basis of the present work--a rich resource on the… Read More

Oldbourne, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Memoirs of a Tattooist First Edition By George Burchett and Peter Leighton. 8 vo. 222 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine - near fine. The price-intact wrapper has minor wear to the top of the spine, and scattered foxing to the bottom of the rear panel - very good or better. Burchett was a tattoo artist for over 50 years. Among his clients were kings, queens, princes, actors, and actresses. Fourteen black and white photos plus a frontispiece. Uncommon.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1958. First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Paul Rand (dust jacket illustration). 8vo. Pp. [1-4], 5-222. Foreword by Peter Leighton. Frontis. photo portrait of Burchett. Illustrated throughout with some 14 black-and-white photos. Bibliography. Bound in red cloth with lettering stamped on spine in gilt. Slight dust-soiling to top edge, else a bright copy in the price-clipped dust jacket that shows just a trifle edge-wear. First American edition, published the same year as the British first edition (Oldbourne Book Company). The Paul Rand dust jacket illustration and typeface is a triumph of restrained design, subtly evoking a carnival midway. Increasingly scarce, especially in desirable condition. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.