ISBN:
1574322753
Complete Book Title:Small Dolls of the 40s & 50s, Identification & Value Guide
Author:Carol J. Stover
Binding Type:Hard Cover
Copyright Date:2002
Number of Pages:288
Size:8.5 x 11 in.
Book Subject:Dolls
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Description:
Small dolls were a national obsession in the 1940s and 1950s; not only were they diminutive, they were also really charming and usually affordable.
Readers of Small Dolls of the 40s & 50s will be delighted as they view almost 1,000 color photographs, catalog pages, brochures, and vintage advertisements. This unprecedented volume includes special sections devoted to toddler dolls (Ginny, Ginger, Wendy, Muffie), baby dolls, British dolls, advertising dolls, "dress me" sewing dolls, and accessories.
You'll learn the scoop on why so many of the small dolls look alike, why they were unmarked, and who owned whom in the tangled web of small dolls. Finally, you'll be able to identify all those unmarked dolls you spot at garage sales, flea markets, and auctions.
Carol J. Stover, co-author of Collector's Encyclopedia of Vogue Dolls with Judith Izen, has spent countless hours scouring doll shows, private collections, and auctions, and she will identify what's hot and what's not in this new book. Although it concentrates on the smallest dolls up to 9" of the 1940s and 1950s, the book also provides examples from the 1960s and more tidbits and surprises of the post-war doll era dubbed the "golden age of dolls."
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Publisher's Review:
This book is valuable for its coverage of not only major companies, including Vogue Dolls, but also lesser-known companies. Forty-five American brands and five British makers are discussed in separate chapters, along with some miscellaneous groupings of dolls, plus chapters on advertising dolls and sewing sets. The dolls are described carefully, with marketing histories where available, in businesslike prose.
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