Vintage Tin Toy Trucks Boats Planes Buses Police - Makers Dates / Scarce Book

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THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO TRANSPORT TOYS: AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF TINPLATE AND DIECAST COMMERCIAL VEHICLES FROM 1900
by Gordon Gardiner & Richard O’Neill, Tiger Books, London, 1985/1990.
Profusely illustrated in color, this fascinating book is a pictorial guide to over a thousand antique tin and diecast toy trucks, buses, planes, ships, construction vehicles, and more.
“A comprehensive guide to collecting transport toys by international makers from 1900 onwards: the automotive age.  Tinplate and diecast vehicles of all kinds: lorries, vans, buses, trams, fire engines, construction equipment, farm machinery, police cars, ambulances, cranes, boats, airplanes, pedal-powered vehicles, and more.  [It includes a] selection of manufacturers’ catalogs and examples of packaging.  All the famous makers: Arnold Bing, Carette, CIJ, Corgi, Dinky, Fleischmann, Gama, Joustra, Lesney, Marklin, Schuco, Solido, Tipp, Tri-ang, and many more…  In close, on 100 pages of specially commissioned color photographs, the reader will find nearly 800 examples of the commercial vehicles produced by international toymakers…. As well as being a superb all-color reference work for both experienced and novice collectors alike, this book will delight ‘transport buffs’ of all ages and nationalities.”
8.75“ x 12“ hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 128 pages.
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