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Thanks everyone for the great advice. I've been lucky and managed to track down some books in library of the university I work at. My copy of These Old Blue Arms is on it's way and I'm just deciding what to buy next and also found some interesting places that I'm going to go and visit when I have the time/money :)

Thanks Stewart. I've already ordered way too many books today but I think I'll order some of them tomorrow. That way I'll have enough money when we start my back piece in October and I'll be (hopefully) a little bit more knowledgeable when we speak instead of having to laugh at Craig and the neverending stream of cock's he seems to draw :)

Thanks for those. I'm waiting for my copy of These Old Blue Arms to arrive in the post so I'll look up any references that it contains. Also thanks for not biting my head off. I was worried that as a non tattooer it might be seen as me incroaching on someone else's territory. I've got a feeling I'll be spending a lot of money on those two sights as well

Hi, This is my first post on these boards although I've been reading them for a long time. I'm a research chemist but have a number of tattoos (mostly from Stewart Robson) and I'm interested in the history of tattooing around the world. I've read around 20 different books (mostly available in your average book store) and was wondering if anyone on this forum could point me in the direction of either some intresting books on tattoo history or a shop which might stock more books on the subject than the average book shop. I live in Manchester in the UK but I'm willing to travel to find more information. I'm not doing this for any other purpose than to expand my own knowledge on the area. I'm not looking for image reference books (I don't have the want to become a tattooer), just books containing any form of information about the history of tattooing world wide. I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes or being disrespectful by asking. If I have been I apologise unreservedly. Thanks :)