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MECHANICAL TOYS: HOW OLD TOYS WORK

by Athelstan Spilhaus; Kathleen Spilhaus

Published by Robert Hale. 1st. 1989

Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper. A detailed and lavishly illustrated guide to the development of the mechanical toy of which the authors are owners of more than three thousand mechanical and antique toys. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos.

A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has a small edge-tear (no loss) to top of spine, rear panel is lightly scuffed.

ISBN: 0709038577
Stock no. 1827855

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Contents

  • How it all Started
  • 1 The Enchantment of Toys
  • 2 Early Toy Inventors
  • 3 Toward Mass Production
  • 4 What Toys Were Made of
  • 5 Toys that Predicted the Future
  • 6 Power and Power Storage
  • 7 Governing Devices
  • 8 Mechanisms That Provide Action
  • 9 Sounds and Other Surprises
  • 10 Variety Versus Mass Production
  • 11 Artist in Tinplate
  • 12 Les Petits Bonshommes Martin
  • 13 Followers and Imitators
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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