Add this copy of Cavalcade of Dolls: Basic Source Book for Collectors to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Yesterday's Muse Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from WEBSTER, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Century House Publishing Co.
Publisher:
American Life Foundation & Study Institute
Published:
1978
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18918207827
Shipping Options:
Standard Shipping: $4.87
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x5x0; Small smudge on rear jacket panel. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked. 1978 Large Hardcover. 362 pp. After years of exhaustive research, Ruth S. Freeman has put together the origins of various doll types, along with whatever company files, patents, and advertising and dates of origin were uncovered. Provides a well illustrated and comprehensive encyclopedia with eighteen chapter covering basic doll types and which charts and lists dates, place in chronological or alphabetical order. Here are the companies and countries that made the early commercial rag, china, wood, and papier-mache dolls down to present day composition synthetics. Descriptions of distributors, designers, trade-names, and patentees are charted from previous centuries down through 1976. One can find the years of manufacture for hundreds of collectible dolls, along with methods of making complete dolls and parts such as wigs, eyes, teeth, feet, and joints; also information on clothing, sizes, and original prices for many specific dolls made in various years. Lists and analyses fourteen chapters covering basic doll types (rag, wax, wooden, china, bisque, paper, gutta-percha, rubber, leather and metal composition, celluloid, synthetics plastics, and mechanicals). In addition, there are chapters on manufacturing and marketing methods for foreign and domestic makers; also company listings and logos (1807-1977) for selected doll manufacturers. These chapters are followed by chapters on doll clubs and sources of supply, chapters on dressing dolls and special doll artists, followed by a final chapter on doll museums, pricing and preservation problems. An extensive bibliography (covering doll books, also supplementary reading materials) is concluded with lists of periodicals and a subject index.
Add this copy of Cavalcade of Dolls: Basic Source Book for Collectors to cart. $37.21, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Century House/Alf.
Add this copy of Cavalcade of Dolls: Basic Source Book for Collectors to cart. $76.35, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Century House/Alf.
Add this copy of Cavalcade of Dolls: Basic Source Book for Collectors to cart. $101.00, very good condition, Sold by Collector's Companion rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Mechanicsville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by American Life Foundation & Study Institute.
Publisher:
American Life Foundation & Study Institute
Published:
1978
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
8830103354
Shipping Options:
Standard Shipping: $4.87
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very good; Collectible. Hardcover with dustjacket in protected mylar cover (removable). 1978, 362 pages. Book & Dustjacket are in Very Good Condition. Dustjacket shows some wear but complete. Book is completely intact with inside pages in Very Good condition with no tears and with no notations (no pencil marks, no underlining, no highlighting, etc. ) EXCEPT pencil pricing & inventory code on top corner of first page. Books well packed.
Add this copy of Cavalcade of Dolls: Basic Source Book for Collectors to cart. $113.79, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Century House/Alf.
