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BOOK – “ANTIQUE TOYS AND THEIR BACKGROUND” by Gwen White, copyright 1971, published by Chancellor Press. This book is in excellent condition. It still has the original dust cover, and it looks almost like new. There are illustrations on nearly every page, most are black and white, but there are a few full-pages of color illustrations. 260 pages. It would be an interesting reference book for any toy collector. Additional pictures are available upon request. Please include your e-mail address.
The following is a list of contents:
1. Historical Outline
2. Balls, marbles, rattles, pourpards, ninepins, tops
3. Animals, Birds, Noah’s Arks, Farms, Horses, Hobby-horses, Rocking-horses
4. Wheels, Pull-alongs, Carriages, Cars, Engines, Doll-carriages
5. Boats, Darts, Arrows, Boomerangs, Windmills, Swings, Kites, Aeroplanes
6. Dice, Counters, Teetotums
7. Board Games, Chess and Draughts
8. Knucklebones, Atep, Dominoes, Spillikins, Tiddly-winks
9. Hoops, Yo-yo, Diabolo, Bilboquet or cup and ball, Battledore and shuttlecock, Customs
10. ABCs and toy books, Building bricks, Kit sets
11. Picture cards, Puzzles, Jigsaws
12. Novelties, Lucky toys, Teddy bears, Gollowogs, Characters, Eggs and Nests, Banks
13. Balancing, Musical, Automata, Scopes
14. Outfits
15. Soldiers, Space toys
16. Doll’s houses, Rooms, Furniture
17. Tableware, Silver toys
18. Dolls, Ovens, Sewing-machines, Cradles
19. A note on printing
20. Marks
PICTURES:
Cover of Book
From chapter one:
1. Baby’s coral rattle, Italian
2. Tarocco counters with box
3. Lead soldier, German
4. Animated bone figures, French
5. Paper soldiers on wood, English
6. Lottery Board, Danish
7. Peacock boat, Indian
8. Terracotta soldiers, English
From chapter two:
TOPS:
Humming-tops from Japan and Solomon Islands
Bamboo top, Java
Spinning top, Japan
Stone top with basket, Torres Straits
Top from Florida
From Chapter three:
1. Noah’s ark containing flat animals
2. Noah’s ark with animals in the round
3. Set of frog ninepins
SHIPPING AND HANDLING - Media Mail $3.95
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