The Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls
By: by Debbie Behan Garrett.
Publisher: Hobby House Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Grantsville, MD
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Black dolls -- Catalogs.; Black dolls -- Collectors and collecting -- United States.
Genres: Catalogs.
Other titles: Black dolls
Description: The first full-color black-doll reference book with over 400 images of the dolls it references and values.  Featured in this book are Black dolls made from cloth, bisque, celluloid, composition, paper, rubber, wood, and hard plastic.  Fashion dolls, modern artist dolls, and other doll categories are covered.  This long overdue, insightful book includes a price guide and tips for buying and selling in the collector’s market.  It is a must-have book for collectors and social historians who want to see first-hand the evolution of a childhood plaything which in recent years has also been fashioned for adult collectors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 176) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: How to use this book; title: Black dolls : their historical and present-day significance; title: Cloth dolls; title: Fashion dolls; title: Manufactured collectible and play dolls; title: Modern artist dolls; title: Personality/celebrity dolls; title: Paper dolls; title: Doll families, brother and sister dolls, boy dolls; title: Dolls as therapy.