Dennis

Born Weird
Lost Love
Juxtapoz Tattoo I
Juxtapoz Tattoo II
Juxtapoz Illustration I
Juxtapoz Illustration II
Juxtapoz Psychadelic
Sailor Jerry American Tattoo Master
Vintage Tattoos: The Book of Old-School Skin Art
New York City Tattoo: The Oral History of an Urban Art
Smilin' Buddha - A 25 Year History
A History of Japanese Body Suit Tattooing
Tattooing From Japan To The West
The Japanese Tattoo Design Handbook Vol.1
Misc Chinese illustration books (tigers, hawks, peonies)
Misc Japanese Tattoo magazines
...and some other misc books I can't remember...just moved and still unpacking the boxes :)

Vintage Tattoos by Carol Clerk is another thats really affordable and a great place to start .
Here's what I have
Horiyoshi III by Grime and Horitaka
Tattootime: Art from the heart (original )
Tattootime : Music and Sea (original )
Bulls -Eyes and Black Eyes ( Malone / Hardy )
Tattooing the Invisible Man ( Hardy )
Nihon Dentou Shisei vol 2 ( Tattoo Burst Japan )
Cosmic Mook vol 4 ( Japan )
You call this Art a Greg Irons retrospective
Sailor Jerry Collins American Tattoo Master
Stoney Knows How
Shienrenjo Ozuma Kaname
Vintage Tattoos Carol Clerk .
There's so many great books out there funds permitting I would have many more .

Speaking of, The Skull Book just went on pre-sale. I've loved the books Zach and Ezra have been putting out. I just ordered this for my damn self.
LLL Books- Tattoo Art & Reference Books

I would add Tattoo History: A Source Book to that list as well. Affordable and extremely informative!
The Tattoo History Source Book: Steve Gilbert: 9781890451066: Amazon.com: Books

Still trying to establish myself enough to afford all of the books I want... plus, my little bookshelf at the shop is already full. There's a few new sketchbooks and flash books I'll be getting ahold of soon, and the next book I really, really want to get is Ed's big red book. As of now, if the shop were to catch fire, I'd grab the prints GTC sent me, my Malone acetate, and the Irezumi book by Morita and Ritchie.
This omits my fiancée's Angelique Houtkamp books (she's since moved on to Wendy Pham and Guen Douglas in that vein), ElevenFourteen, Our Tattoos Vol. 1, 3, & 4, and The Mammoth Tattoo Book. I also have a few suitcases full of magazines I'm slowly cutting good stuff out of to make a few scrapbooks of what got me more interested in tattooing.

Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World
$19.99 plus shipping. everyone should own a copy or two.

I actually took this picture a couple weeks ago when my scorpion front stuff showed up.

Just getting started. Not pictured: Ed Hardy's Wear Your Dreams, 2000 Dragons, and Monmon Cats

I've been meaning to take account of all my books. This was as good an excuse as anytime to figure it out. I think this covers it, but it's likely I have a couple more hiding somewhere. Mostly Japanese stuff (big surprise, right?). Some are quality. Some are academic. A couple are meh. Mostly good though. I think anyways, but I need to fill in some gaps that should be a part of any collection.
Tattoo Related:
-Full Coverage: NSK Collective
-Bloodwork: Bodies (Analog)
-Iron Will (Grime)
-Two Year Autopsy (Grime)
-The Fingerwave Book (Grime)
-Scott Campbell: If You Don't Belong. Don't be Long
-Tattooed By "The Family Business" (that one put out by Mo Cappoletta's shop)
-Bunshin: Tattoo Art By Horihito
-Bunshin II: Japanese Traditional Tattoo, Horitsune II, Dragon & Kannon
-Horitoshi I Storia Dell'Irezumi (Robert Borsi)
-Japanese Tattoo Designs: Ichibay (Luke Atkinson)
-Shige (Hardcover) (pub. State of Grace, Inc)
-Shige (softcover) (pub. State of Grace, Inc)
-Tattooing From Japan To The West (Takahiro Kitamura (Horitaka))
-Bushido: Legacies of The Japanese Tattoo (Takahiro Kitamura (Horitaka))
-Tattoos Of The Floating World: Ukiyo-e Motifs In The Japanese Tattoo (Takahiro Kitamura (Horitaka))
-Studying Horiyoshi III: A Westerner's Journey Into Japanese Tattoo (Jill Mandelbaum (Bonny)(Horiyuki))
-Underway Is the Only Way (Grime & Horitaka)
-Tattoo Artist: A Colletion Of Narratives (Jill Mandelbaum (Bonny) (Horiyuki))
-Fudo Myo-o Tattoo Design by Horitomo
-Monmon Cats (Kazuaki Kitamura (Horitomo))
-I <3 Tattoos (Takahiro Kitamura (Horitaka))
-Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World
-Horiyoshi III (Grime & Horitaka)
-Sketches of Horiyoshi III (pub. State of Grace, Inc)
-Legacy: The Horiyoshi III Tradition (Juan Puente)
-Japan's Tattoo Arts Horiyoshi's World 2
-100 Demons of Horiyoshi III
-58 Musha By Horiyoshi III
-Wanzakure: The Road To Shisei (by Horiyoshi III)
-Denotwaza (on Nakamura Toshikazu) (Alek Reinke/Matti Sedholm)
-Those 3 Japanese Masters Books The Red one. The Black one. The Blue one. (Japanese Pub)
-Backpiece Tattoo II (Japanese Pub)
-Backpiece Tattoo III (Japanese Pub)
-Tattoo In Japan (That thick hardcover one by Edition Reuss)
-Horikazu (Edition Reuss)
-Wabori, Traditional Japanese Tattoo
-Japanese Tattooing Now: Memory & Transition (that tan colored book from around 2001ish)
-A History of Japanese Body Suit Tattooing
-Tokyo Tattoo 1970
-Mau Moko: The world of Maori Tattoo
-Sacred Skin - Thailand 's Spirit Tattoos
-The Mammoth Book of Tattoos (Lal Hardy)
-Tattoo World (Marisa Kokoulas/Michael Kaplan)
Tattoo Reference:
-Of Brigands and Bravery (108 Heroes of the Suikoden) (Kuniyoshi)
-The Faithful Samurai (47 Ronin) (Kuniyoshi)
-Heroes of the Grand Pacification (Kuniyoshi) (come to think of it, I actually gave that one to Jill Bonny as "thank you" one session, so I need to get another copy)
-Kuniyoshi: From The Arthur R. Miller Collection
-Samurai, Stars of the Stage, and Beautiful Women: Kunisada and Kuniyoshi Masters of the Color Woodblock Print
-Art of Armor: Samurai Armor From the Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection
-Memoir: Tattooed Portaits Series (Shawn Barber)
-Time Present & Time Past Images of a Forgotten Master (on Kunichika)
-Hokusai Manga
-The Secret of Noh Masks
-A Japanese publication on, Tsuyoshi Nagano, a contemporary artist who paints a lot of samurai motifs
-A few more Japanese publications. 1 on Kyosai, 2 on Yoshitoshi, and probably 4 more on Kuniyoshi (Can't read Japanese so don't know their names)
- - - Updated - - -
Nice looking collection going on there. I zoomed in for a closer look and thought, "oh I want that one and that one over there too!".
And @ironchef, how's the wenren book? I'm tempted to order it if they are still available.

I'm always interested to see what tattoo related books/items people have purchased. If you don't have any photos of what you've got, post a list of your books! If you've acquired anything tattoo related such as Japanese masks or something similar, I'd love to see those as well!
Man I love tattoo books!
:D
EDIT: Oops, should've posted my picture to start this thing off! I just finished moving all my school and science related books to a different shelf to make room for a couple new tattoo books I've got coming in, which is what prompted me to start the thread. The only tattoo related book I've got that isn't on the shelf is Bloodworks: Bodies! The book is so massive it won't fit anywhere! The shoeboxes up top are filled with stickers and tattoo business cards!

Just starting my book collection:
Wabori
Wanzakure
Fingerwave Book
Shige
Immovable
Monmon Cats
Kingdom of Wenramen
JBxH3
Horitoshi
Perseverance
Ed Hardy's Wear Your Dreams

I'm always interested to see what tattoo related books/items people have purchased. If you don't have any photos of what you've got, post a list of your books! If you've acquired anything tattoo related such as Japanese masks or something similar, I'd love to see those as well!
Man I love tattoo books!
:D
EDIT: Oops, should've posted my picture to start this thing off! I just finished moving all my school and science related books to a different shelf to make room for a couple new tattoo books I've got coming in, which is what prompted me to start the thread. The only tattoo related book I've got that isn't on the shelf is Bloodworks: Bodies! The book is so massive it won't fit anywhere! The shoeboxes up top are filled with stickers and tattoo business cards!

I'm always interested to see what tattoo related books/items people have purchased. If you don't have any photos of what you've got, post a list of your books! If you've acquired anything tattoo related such as Japanese masks or something similar, I'd love to see those as well!
Man I love tattoo books!
:D
EDIT: Oops, should've posted my picture to start this thing off! I just finished moving all my school and science related books to a different shelf to make room for a couple new tattoo books I've got coming in, which is what prompted me to start the thread. The only tattoo related book I've got that isn't on the shelf is Bloodworks: Bodies! The book is so massive it won't fit anywhere! The shoeboxes up top are filled with stickers and tattoo business cards!

@ironchef Likewise! Henning and Rubendall are two of my favourites!

Here are some of mine from Kurt Wiscombe!

Here are some of mine from Kurt Wiscombe!

@Dennis Beautiful work!

Here are some of mine from Kurt Wiscombe!

Here are some of mine from Kurt Wiscombe!

Here are some of mine from Kurt Wiscombe!

Here are some of mine from Kurt Wiscombe!

Marius Meyer was kind enough to let me shoot some video while he put the finishing touches on my friend @Wilhell's back piece. Hope you enjoy it! (Sorry German LSTers! This unfortunately won't play in your country due to the licensing restrictions of the soundtrack)

Yozin Bunshin. I believe he is early 30's and does tebori! The man did one of my all time favourite suits.

Done by Ed in 1979! GOD DAMN!!!!!!!

Here's mine!

Done by Ed in 1979! GOD DAMN!!!!!!!