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Automatic Toy Works ; New York City Manufacturer : The Automatic Toy Works Manufacturers of the Best Novelties in Mechanical and Other Toys : Under Letters Patent : Illustrated Trade Catalog for 1882

Portable Trunk Pubs, No Reprint Date

Replica of the original 1882 trade samples catalog for windup toys. 20 pages, in very good condition. Flex covers, cloth spine binding. Replica/reprint published by Portable Trunk Publishers. (undated) Circa 2010. A Catalog of Wind-up Automaton Style toys. Toys featured include: A mechanical bear, sewing machine girl, Old Uncle Tom the colored fiddler, celebgrated negro preacher, our new clergyman Brudder Garnder (negro fiture), old Aunt Chloe the negro washerwoman, old nurse (negro figure with white child), Fing Wing a Chinese melican man, Ah-Sin the heathen Chinese, The coaster (negro on sled), the drummer boy, the scissors grinder, the woman's rights advocate, the artist at his work, grandmother rocking cradle, the Italian organ grinder, a wonderful creeping baby. Ideal catalog for collectors, designers, restorers, or antiques dealers of finely made windup toys. Paper / Soft cover reprint edition in very good condition, flex covers, cloth bound, a sturdy book. Overall good copy, informative resource. It would make a great gift for the fan in your life, even if that's you. Clean and Unmarked Text. Very Good condition. Text is in English. Reproduced in color as issued. Defects: None found. **Some of the text is small, so it's a little hard to read. Modern, undated replica.. Illustr.: Fully Illustrated. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Bound Flex Cover. Jacket: No Dust Jacket

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