Results for: Craft: Toys & Games


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144 pp, 8 ½" x 6", INSCRIBED by the author on the endpaper, copy is in excellent condition, dust jacket has light shelf wear.
A World of Doll Houses [SIGNED]
Jacobs, Flora Gill
Gramercy Publishing Co., 1965.
Price: $5.00
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157 pp, 9 ¼" x 6 ½". This is an Ex-Lib copy of this very scarce book and has all the usual markings. The text is in German. This book contains plans for building a number of very unusual wooden toys including a mountain tramway, a waterwheel, a cork catapult, etc.
Das Grosse Spielzeug-Bastelbuch (Das grosse Spielzeugbastelbuch)
Grissemann, Oskar
Stuttgart, Germany: Franckhsche Verlagshandlung, 1953.
Price: $15.00
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274 pp, 11 ¼" x 8 ¾", book is in excellent condition. This book contains plans and instructions for making a large selection of dollhouses and dollhouse furniture and furnishings. It covers tools, dollhouse building techniques, inside and outside finishing, electrifying a dollhouse, wood, furniture, metal, needle, paper, and bead crafts, suppliers, and Christmas in the dollhouse.
Make Your Own Dollhouses And Dollhouse Miniatures
O'Brien, Marian Maeve
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1975.
Price: $5.00
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162 pp, 10 ¼" x 7", copy is in excellent condition, includes many bw and color photographs and bw line drawings. This is a delightful collection of folk doll making projects of all types.
Making American Folk Art Dolls
DeWeese, Gene; Rogowski, Gini
Radnor, PA, U.S.A.: Chilton Book Company, 1975.
Price: $12.00
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243 pp, 8" x 10 ½", book is in excellent condition, dust jacket is protected by a mylar sleeve, includes many bw line drawings and photographs. This is a fairly complete book on marionettes: how to make them, how to operate them, how to put on a show, and how to manage a puppet theater.
Marionettes Onstage!
Suib, Leonard & Broadman, Muriel
New York: Harper & Row, 1975.
Price: $15.00
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96 pp, 9 ¾" x 7 ½", oblong, glossy pictorial covers. This is the second of three similar volumes published by the same author/publisher. The book contains instructions for making solid, simple wooden toys similar to those manufactured by PlaySkool.
More Wooden Toys That You Can Make
Alton, W.G.
Taplinger Publishing Co., 1972.
Price: $10.00
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157 pp, 10" x 7 ¼", copy is in excellent condition. This book covers all aspects of puppetry - it's history, the tools, producing puppet shows, making all types of puppets, perfecting puppet techniques, and tips from working professionals.
The Complete Book Of Puppets And Puppeteering
Hanford, Robert Ten Eyck
New York: Drake Publishers Inc., 1976.
Price: $25.00
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Later printing, 293 pp, 8 ½" x 6", one minor tear on inside cover has been repaired with tape, includes 69 b/w plates illustrated by Douglas Anderson. This is an in-depth, very comprehensive guide to puppetry. It contains sections on constructing all types of puppets and puppet stages, scenery, lighting, and special effects.
The Puppet Theatre Handbook
Batchelder, Marjorie
Harper & Row, Publishers, 1947.
Price: $8.00
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11" x 8 ¼", 140 pp, dj protected by mylar sleeve, profusely illustrated throughout in color and bw. This book is a pictorial survey of the history of toys from the earliest known examples through the 20th Centrury.
The World Of Toys
London: Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1969.
Price: $5.00
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136 pp, 8 ½" x 10", profusely illustrated with color photographs and line drawings throughout. This is a delightful collection of instructions for making a large variety of interesting toys including kites, marionettes, wooden toys, etc.
Toys and Puppets
Rose, Ethne
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981.
Price: $5.00
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24 pp, 8 ¼" x 6". This pamphlet is a pictorial survey of the key toys in the London Museum collection. The book is illustrated with b/w photographs throughout.
Toys At The London Museum
Swindon Press Ltd, 1969.
Price: $5.00
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23 pp, 8 ½" x 11". This is a brochure on how to make a number of simple puppets suitable for use in an elementary school setting. The puppet designs could all be made in an elementary art class using simple materials and construction techniques.
Twelve Puppets To Make And Use
Chaney, Anne & Lentz, Marcette
Prince George's County Public Schools, 1970.
Price: $10.00
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96 pp, 9 ¾" x 7 ½", oblong, glossy pictorial covers. This is the first of three similar volumes published by the same author/publisher. The book contains instructions for making solid, simple wooden toys similar to those manufactured by PlaySkool.
Wooden Toys That You Can Make
Alton, W.G.
Taplinger Publishing Co., 1972.
Price: $8.00
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