Les Tatouages du "Milieu

Paris: La Roulotte, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Wonderful study of the tattoos of the Paris underworld, in particular the criminal underworld. Clean and VG+ in its beige boards, with light wear to the front inner hinge. And in a crisp, VG example of the pictorial dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges. Still though, attractive and very presentable. 80 crisp black-and-white photos of the men and their tattoos, 11 of which were taken by the great French photographer Robert Doisneau.