McGinty: SHRUNKEN HEADS Deluxe Edition
1st 2024 284pp Eleventh Gate 4to hardback. Illustrated in colour throughout. Black cloth with design and titling foiled in silver. All edges silver. NM.
Ltd. ed. 164/200, signed and numbered by author. Includes signed postcard and other ephemera. A strange mixture of rare and interesting material combined with awful cartoons, jokes and a hideous lay-out, a book made by and for the internet generation. From the blurb:
"10 years in the making: The BIGGEST book ever published on the headhunters of South America. The Jivaro Indians and the ancient practice of head shrinking—Tsantsa. Over 1,000 images! The stories behind how they were acquired. The history of shrunken heads. Authentication of shrunken heads and Tsantsa. Fakes and reproductions. Pop culture. The art of shrunken heads. Tributes, including: William "Billy" Jamieson, Jungle Jane Dolinger, Captain Harvey Lee Boswell, and Vincent Price..."