Christien Meindertsma. Checked Baggage, 3264 prohibited Items

With prohibited item No.0588 (pocket knife). Eindhoven, Soeps uitgeverij, Eindhoven, 2004. Softcover, 21.5 x 15 cm, 5.5 cm, 322 pp. First edition. Text in English and Dutch.

In 2004, Meindertsma purchased a lot of 3264 objects confiscated from travellers at security checkpoints at Schiphol Amsterdam airport. The book is a photo catalogue of all items, featuring razor blades, scissors, nail clippers, toy guns, knives, corkscrews et al. Each copy of Checked Baggage comes packaged with one of the seized items that appears in the photographs. Sought-after first edition, Meindertsma's book has become a modern classic. Mint copy, with tiny impression of the knife on front cover.