Three great books at one low price; a must for all levels of collecting and reminiscing! "When you need to know about GI Joe, it's all right here!" This offering is for three new GI Joe guides, two are reprints of vintage salesman's catalogs from the 1960's. Here's what you get:
1. By James DeSimone. Brand new book which has never been used! This is the number one selling book in the hobby and it retails for $30 or more with shipping from Cotswold. 65 color pages of every vintage HASBRO piece and it's variation. Every item has been removed from the original package for easy identification. User friendly index makes identification a snap. Also, DeSimone has depicted all of the equipment play sets and Halloween costumes that children could actually wear. Furthermore, the Whitman board games, puzzles, coloring books, colorforms, rub-ons, lunch boxes, viewmasters, and inflatable pool toys are shown. Lastly, the old GI Joe Club certificates, dog tags, and paper work are all laid out for display. This is the book that launched all that followed, so see why it is the favorite of collectors around the world (70 pages).
2. This book retails for $15 or more with shipping from Cotswold. You are bidding on a brand new reprint of the catalog that launched the entire action figure business. This is a 100% color reprint in heavy stock paper of the 1964 HASBRO Sales Catalog that toy buyers around the world used to order their items between mid 1963 and early 1965. You will see all the rare first issue items, i. e., the cloth fatigue caps, the green cammo field phone, the mascara eyed joe faces, the brown and black soft rubber boots, the cloth ammo belt, the cloth first aid pouch, and the entrenching tool with brass ring adjuster. This item is a must for all levels of collecting and reminiscing (12 pages).
3. By HASBRO. This is a full color brand new reprint of the 1968 HASBRO sales catalog used by toy stores and toy buyers throughout the world. This book retails for $15 or more with shipping from Cotswold. An excellent source to see how Joe was marketed in the late 60's during the height of the Vietnam War, as sales were slumping and the packaging was converted from the original window box style. This is of superior quality! This is the year when the photo boxes came into being and everyone of them is depicted in this 100% color reprint in heavy stock paper (16 pages).
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