This is an auction for TATTOOED WOMEN by Chris Wroblewski.

Amazon.com reviews:

"Art and fashion combine in this book that marries the most natural canvas, the human body, with the most progressive art form, the tattoo. This book takes the reader from the freak show days of the fairground booth to the high-tech, high-art designs of today - where modesty is sacrificed for dazzling colour and breathtaking imagery."

"FIVE STARS!!! I am a tattooed woman and in fact in the book!! There are some fantastic out there tattoos in this book, done at a time they were not just a fashion statement but truly a taboo subject. I have the phoenix on my back - Julie, by Lal Hardy - done in England in 1984."

"Throughout the history of art, women have been the objects of aesthetic devotion. Throughout the history of body adornment, tattoos have been marks of ritual power. This book shows what happens when women take charge of their bodies - on their own terms and for their own ends. Everything is here, from ancient designs of primitive tribes to the fashion statements of the day, from fairground women to society ladies, from hearts and flowers to tigers and dragons."

More very favourable reviews on Amazon.com.

Large format paperback 1992.

108 pages.

Superb photographs throughout.

Very good condition.

The cost of shipping is $4.95 (ordinary post) or $6.40 (tracked mail). If you are on rural delivery and want tracked mail, the shipping cost will be $8.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Wellington following the auction.

Payment within seven days, please.