Modern images from one book backed by right-wingers (9)
I believe the answer is:
emoticons
'modern images' is the definition.
'one book backed by right-wingers' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'book' becomes 'tome' (a tome is a book).
'backed' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'right-wingers' becomes 'cons' (abbreviation for conservatives).
'tome' written backwards gives 'emot'.
'i' put after 'emot' is 'emoti'.
'emoti'+'cons'='EMOTICONS'
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for emoticons that I've seen before include "facial expressions" , "symbols" .)