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The 1912 Bing Toy Catalogue (The Bing toy catalogues)
New Cavendish
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2006
In its heyday the Bing Company, based in Nuremburg Germany, was the largest and most diverse toy manufacturer in the world. The Bing 1912 catalogue is the third in the series covering Bing's belle epoque catalogues, having been preceded by the 1898 and 1906 edition. This volume comprises the complete English edition for 1912, together with those ...
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Fairground Art
Geoff Weedon
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2003
The imaginative, often bizarre decorations that enliven fairgrounds, amusement parks and carnivals have a never-ending appeal to the popular imagination. Stunning carved and painted carousel horses, sinister mechanical targets, terrifying rides and alluring freak show banners are among the many wildly ornamented devices that use sex, horror and ...
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His Master's Voice Portable Gramophones
Dave Cooper
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2006
How pleasant , to lie on the beach and listen to the latest fox-trots played by the world's liveliest dance bands, or to some popular artists singing your favorite melodies. So ran the publicity for the very latest in sophisticated and technical innovation: the His Master's Voice Portable Gramophone, a new luxury which not only promised 'sunny ...
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The Golden Years of Tin Toy Trains
Paul Klein Schiphorst
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2002
The first accurate and comprehensive cataloguing of the subject. Beautiful photography captures the subject matter perfectly.
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Great Book of Dinky Toys
Mike Richardson
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2006
Great Book of Dinky
This book is the Bible of Dinky Toys as far as I am concerned.
A must for all Dinky Toys Collectors
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Hornby Dublo Trains Vol 3 (The Hornby Companion Series, Vol 3)
Michael Foster
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2006
This classic work is now reissued with an additional 16-page colour section showing much pre- and post-war equipment arranged in working layouts.
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The Products of Binns Road Vol 1 (The Hornby Companion Series , Vol 1)
Peter Randall
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2006
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America's Wartime Scrapbook - Pearl Harbour to V-J (America's wartime scrapbook)
Charles A Numark
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2006
Home Front nostalgia.
This is the ninth of Robert Opie's Scrapbooks and the first using material not from his vast collection, appropriately this covers the US war years while his first book covered the British war years. An amazing 1500 items, mostly printed ephemera, from the collections ...
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Biscuit Tins 1868 - 1939
MJ Franklin
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2006
-- A fascinating book with stunning illustrations throughout -- Includes the work of artists such as Lucie Mabel Atwell and Owen Jones -- Written by an expert in the field of decorative art Biscuit Tins is a fascinating book which documents the decorative, imaginative and frequently beautiful examples of some of the earliest marriages of art and ...
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Postcards From the Nursery: The Illustrators of Children's Books and Postcards (Scrapbook)
Dawn Cope
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2008
Postcards from the Nursery is a tribute to the legions of children's illustrators - the renowned and the unsung heroines and heroes of children's illustra-tion in the early 20th century - when postcards were an essential communi-cations medium. They, together with mass circulation magzines, provided illustrators with a stepping stone to even ...
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Marklin Great Toys 1895-1914
Charlotte Parry-Crooke
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2008
There is little doubt that at the beginning of the 20th century Marklin was the greatest toymaker in the world. This book brings together in superb photographs the finest examples from the 'golden age' of tin toys.
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Book of Matchbox Labels
Roger Fennings
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2008
The history of the matchbox label provides a fascinating pictorial guide and reference to social history. This book takes the reader from the beginnings of the industry - with its associated hazards - through its golden age in the years leadinf up to the First World War and on to more modern times. The huge range of illustrations shows just ...
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Tri-Ang Railways Vol 1-Story of Rovex 1950-65
Pat Hammond
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2006
This book is the first of two volumes on the product history of Rovex. Tri-ang was the model railway arm of Lines Bros and was the first to market a relatively cheap, mass produced 2-rail system, with the use of plastic giving them a great edge over their principal rivals. This extensively revised edition of the book ensures that virtually every ...
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The History of Sindy
Colette Mansell
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2006
Great book
This is a great book for Sindy collectors . As a fan of Sindy and having a lot of her fashions, furniture etc plus over 20 dolls from various years I find it invaluable and the best resource available. Would love to hear from other collectors
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Hornby Gauge O System Vol 5 (The Hornby Companion Series , Vol 5)
Chris Graebe
New Cavendish Books (Dist), 2006
The complete Hornby reference to the 'O' gauge system
If Hornby 'O' gauge trains are your passion, then this is the book for you. It chronicles the history of Frank Hornby and his dream of creating the perfect model railway system. With ample colour illustrations the book will provide a constant source of reference to ...
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