Toys and Games (Miller's Antiques Checklist) - Hardcover

Marsh, Hugo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857322738 ISBN 13: 9781857322736

Publisher: Mitchell Beazley, 1995

Synopsis

(Reprinted Edition 2000) - A comprehensive guide to collecting toys dating from the 18th century to the present. All major fields are covered, including wooden toys and paper toys, trains, toy soldiers, cars, diecast models, puzzles and games. The guide also features collectable toys of the future. You may know that the toys in your attic are old, but are they valuable? Are the trains made of painted or lithographed tinplate? How can you tell if your Dinky Toys are rare? And is your 1960s robot collectable too? The Miller's Toys and Games Checklist answers many such questions, with its analysis of this absorbing subject, covering the ranges produced in Europe and America from the 18th century to the present day, as well as looking ahead to the collectable toys of the future. All the major fields are included, such as wooden and paper toys, trains, toy soldiers, novelty figures, diecasts, puzzles and games. There is also a glossary of specialist terms and a comprehensive guide to major toy makers, complete with their trademark and logo. Each double-page "spread" shows how to identify and date an exemplary piece using the question and answer process unique to the Checklists, and then examines similar toys, games or trains by the same maker or factory, looks at stylistic variations, dating and condition and teaches you how to determine whether the piece is authentic. Miller's Toys and Games Checklist is the ideal tool for all those who wish to collect with confidence and to enjoy the experience of collecting.

About this title

Synopsis:

A comprehensive guide to collecting toys dating from the 18th century to the present. All major fields are covered, including wooden toys and paper toys, trains, toy soldiers, cars, diecast models, puzzles and games. The guide also features collectable toys of the future.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1857322738
• ISBN 13: 9781857322736
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192