Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia

by D. S. Baldaev

$95 · Offered by Bauer Rare Books

First edition

London: Fuel, 2009. First edition. 12mo. Three volumes. Vol. 1. 395 pp. / Vol. 2. 399 pp. / Vol. 3. 397 pp. / Photographic illustrations. 125268 . Item #23221 The photographs, drawings and texts published in this book are part of a collection of more than 3,000 tattoos accumulated over a lifetime by a prison attendant named Danzig Baldaev. Tattoos were his gateway into a secret

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