Buy this book on-line Hanlon, Bill : PLASTIC TOYS: DIMESTORE DREAMS OF THE 40S & 50SSchiffer Pub Ltd, 1993 ISBN 9780887404603
This tremendously informative book is the most complete source for collecti ble plastic toys. Over 850 vivid color photographs display plastic toys-fro m cars, trucks, and airplanes to dolls and dollhouse furniture-supplemented by manufacturers' diagrams and molders' marks. Industry development from t he 1930s through the 1960s is discussed, with attention to wartime changes in plastic toys production. With charm and light touch, Bill Hanlon explain s technical facts of the plastics industry and provides down-to-earth, usef ul information on how to evaluate, repair, and care for your collection. Fo r the detail-hungry collector, there is an extensive price guide and a chap ter on researching and identifying individual pieces. Hanlon also presents significant information that has only recently come to light, providing a m eans of identifying toys whose origins until now were a complete mystery., Very Good/Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Hanlon, Bill : PLASTIC TOYS: DIMESTORE DREAMS OF THE 40S & 50S. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, libri antichi, livres illustrées, out-of-print books and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |