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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TOYS

by Constance Eileen King

Published by Robert Hale. 1st. 1978

Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper. Large format. In addition to a general historical description of each category, the book includes alphabetical entries on the major manufacturers, and also advice for the collector as well as comments on care and cleaning. Colour and b/w photos.

Corners bumped. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine, edge creased and torn.

ISBN: 0707917126
Stock no. 1609297

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1 MINIATURE LIVING
  • Continental doll's houses
  • British doll's houses
  • American doll's houses
  • Shops and shopping
  • Play housekeeping
  • Toy china
  • Miniature furniture
  • Doll's beds and cradles
  • Arks, farms and zoos
  • 2 TOYS PURELY FOR PLEASURE
  • Soft toys
  • Teddy bears
  • Musical toys
  • Automata
  • 3 WHEELED TOYS AND CHILDREN'S TRANSPORT
  • Prams and pushchairs
  • Pullalong and Pushalong toys
  • Horses and velocipedes
  • Child-zize cars
  • 4 METAL TOYS
  • Model soldiers
  • Toy and model trains
  • German tin toys
  • French metal toys
  • American metal toys
  • British tin toys
  • 5 BOARD AND TABLE GAMES
  • Board games
  • Dissected puzzles, jigsaws and picture blocks
  • Table games
  • Card games
  • 6 EDUCATIONAL TOYS AND PASTIMES
  • The toy theatre
  • Children's books
  • Scraps and scrapbooks
  • Doll's dressmaking
  • Optical toys
  • Craft and constructional toys
  • Money boxes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements
  • Picture Credits
  • Index

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