Miller's American insider's guide to toys & games
By: Tim Luke ; general editor, Lita Solis-Cohen.
Contributors: Solis-Cohen, Lita.
Publisher: Octopus Pub. Group
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Toys -- Collectors and collecting -- United States.; Games -- Collectors and collecting -- United States.
Other titles: American insider's guide to toys & games; Toys & games
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217) and index.
"A Miller's-Mitchell Beazley book"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION 6; title: THE HISTORY OF TOYS 8; title: WHY WE COLLECT THINGS 14; title: TAKING CARE OF YOUR COLLECTION 16; title: BUYING AND SELLING 18; title: THE ESSENTIALS 27; title: FACT FILE-WOODEN TOYS 32; title: FACT FILE-TINPLATE TOYS 41; title: COLOR REVIEW * ANTIQUE TOYS: 1880S-1900S 49; title: FACT FILE-CAST-IRON TOYS 71; title: FACT FILE-BOARD GAMES 86; title: FACT FILE-WIND-UP TOYS 91; title: COLOR REVIEW * INDUSTRIAL-AGE TOYS: 1910S-1930S 97; title: FACT FILE-TOY TRAINS 118; title: FACT FILE-PRESSED-STEEL TOYS 123; title: FACT FILE-PLUSH TOYS 135; title: COLOR REVIEW * POST-WAR TOYS: 1940S-1960s 145; title: FACT FILE-TOY SOLDIERS 161; title: FACT FILE-DIE-CAST TOYS 167; title: FACT FILE-CHARACTER TOYS 176; title: FACT FILE-NOVELTY TOYS 179; title: FACT FILE-BATTERY-OPERATED TOYS 183; title: FACT FILE-PLASTIC TOYS 189; title: COLOR REVIEW * POPULAR-CULTURE TOYS: 1970S-1990S 193; title: TOY COMPANIES: A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE 209; title: USEFUL ADDRESSES 212; title: GLOSSARY 214; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY 217; title: INDEX 218; title: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 224.