Antique Metal Tin Cast Iron Toys Scarce Illustratd Book

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Lavishly illustrated in color, this early out-of-print book provides a pictorial survey of over one thousand tin and cast iron toys with identifying captions. “Metal toys of all types and makes are illustrated: Trains ships, aircraft, cars and trucks; Novelty toys-ranging from cast-iron money boxes to clockwork mice; Military toys – soldiers, sailors, pilots and their weapons, equipment and vehicles; Wild West figures, animals, zoo and circus figures; Toys from all the master toymakers: Corgi, Dinky, Marx, Matchbox, Bassett-Lowke and more. Each toy is fully described with clear text and a caption giving an estimate, on a simple and internationally applicable scale, of each item’s degree of rarity and its comparative value, for collectors and the curious. [This text] gives us both a stroll down memory lane and a guide to collecting these fascinating objects.”

THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF METAL TOYS – An All-Color Guide to the Art of Collecting International Playthings, by Gordon Gardiner and Alistair Morris, Harmony Books, NY, 1984.

The photography in this book is magnificent; the captions are in-depth; and the narrative is concisely rich. Information is also provided on metal toy manufacturers and their trademarks. This scarce text would make a fine addition to the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer, or historian of antique metal toys.

Heavy / oversize 8.8” x 12” hardback with dust cover in protective plastic sleeve in very good condition. 208 pages.

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