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San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1989. A rare 3 vol set of book on vintage toys. Vol. 1 covers celluloid dolls, clowns and animals, Vol 2 planes , trains, boats and cars and vol 3robots, spaceships and monsters. All three vols. are illustrated with full color vivid photographs and all 3 vols. are in pristine unread condition. Sold as a collection… Read more

Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1980. TEXT IN ITALIAN. Nice accurate reprint edition of a children's activity book that was originally published in 1892. The book has short stories that are illustrated with those spinning wheels that children can turn to see the hidden pictures. All the spin wheels and tabs are in pristine condition, a delightful book.. Reprint Edition. Glazed… Read more

New York Citu: Scientific American Pub. 1921., 1994. Quite nice and spectacular pop up book of birds. Beautifully drawn and produced with all the pop ups and tabs are all in great and excellent condition. A nice job. Fine. . First Edition. Large laminated Bds..

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1991. Big colorful pictorial history of all those board games that kept baby boomers entertained for hours. Includes television and movie tie ins, Quiz show games, special interest games and more. Lavishly illustrated with color photos and text. Slight not noticeable crease to the back cover, near fine. . First Printing. Large Paper.

CA.: Chronicle Books, 1991. Beautiful full color book of 100 of those spacey ray guns that kids from the 30's to today loved to play with. Begins with the 30's up to the 80's. Includes a little text. Fine. . First Edition First Printing. Small Paper.

Prague: Artia, 1951. TEXT IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH. Stunning book on folk toys from all over the world , highlighted by 29 black and white pen and ink drawings in the text along with 176 beautiful delicate but vivid drawings of toys on plates. Includes text. This is a fine copy with just a small touch of soiling to the… Read more

New York: Christies East, 2000. Very nice auction catalog for vintage & rare movie posters both American and foreign. All are illustrated in full color with estimate prices. Also includes a section on toys and animation art also in full color along with estimated prices. Fine. . 1st Edition. Large Paper.

Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1989. Stunning pop-up book of six wild life scenes with lush colorful artwork and amazing paper engineering by the late great John Strejan. A fine copy of a wonderful pop-up book. . 2nd Edition. Glazed Bds. w/o. Dj. As Issued.

New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1997. Includes his memoir about his early struggles as a writer, an early mystery, Squeeze Play with a baseball background that he wrote as Paul Benjamin, three short plays and a tabletop baseball game. There is a small short faint line dent to the white margins of the baseball game that appears to have… Read more

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. Charming book of souvenir buildings that were very popular during the early decades of the 20th Century. Illustrated with 100 photos including 60 in color of small buildings of all kinds, skyscapers, dams, bridges, castles along with famous monuments. Published without a dustjacket. Fine. . First Edition. Small Glazed Bds. No Dj..

New York: Dial Books/Penguin, 1995. Complex and colorful Pop-Up book on Androids with all pop-ups and tabs in fine condition. Fine. First edition/1st Printing. Large Illus. Glazed Bds. No Dj.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. A Marvelous fold-out book of eight tessellation drawings in clever two sided jigsaw puzzles by one of the masters of optical illustions & complex patterns, M.C. Escher. Printed in color and black and white. Fine. . 1st Edition. Glazed Bds. w/o. Dj..

MA.: Salem House Publishers, 1988. Small Complex book length rebus puzzle. If you can solve this one, you're good. Nicely illustrated with small b&w drawings & marblized endsheets. Fine. 1st American Edition. Small Cloth with Dustjacket.

CA.: Sideshow Inc., 1996. The great Wrightson in 6 full color pop-up scenes. Beautiful & Fine.. 1st Edition. Glazed Bds. w/o. Dj. As Issued.

London: Spring Books Beautiful complex book on the very long history of playing cards. Nicely illustrated with 100's of color and b&w examples printed on heavy stock paper. Originally published in 1930, this is an early reprint most likely from the 1950's. No dustjacket. Near fine.. Reprint Edition. Oversize Cloth w/o Dj. As Pub..

New York: Abbeville Press, 1990. Snowdomes and more snowdomes. Fun book with a plastic snowdome set into the front cover along with 100's of full color repros of all kinds of domes. Published without a dustjacket. Fine. . 1st Edition. Large Glazed Bds. w/o Dj..

OR.: Dark Horse Comics, 1996. Very impressive mix of pop-ups, comics and pop icons in this exciting Star Wars tie in. Nice vivid colors. Fine. . 1st Edition. Glazed Bds. w/o. Dj. As Issued.

New York: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1989. Striking book of puzzles compiled by the famous design company. Printed in several colors on glossy paper. Fine.. Later Printing. Large Paper.

Binfords & Mort. Or. 1938. 2nd ed. cl.w.dj. Everything on the making of puppets along with material on how to put on performances. Illus. w. 78 b&w in text drawings & diagrams. 1 photo fontispiece. Also biblio. Light erasure marks to endsheet. 1 sm. nick to covers, which also have average light wear. Books on this subject are scarce. Lacking… Read more

Germany: Keysers, Sammler Bibliothek, 1982. TEXT IN GERMAN. Handsome book on the history of dolls from 1750-to the 1930's. Illustrated with137 b&w illustrations + 8 color plates. Near fine. . 1st German Edition. Paper.