No comments about Toys from American Childhood 1845-1945.

No comments about Howe's Transcendental Toybox: The Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who Collectibles.

No comments about Gabriele Capello (Moncalvo): Ebanista Di Due Re.

No comments about Action Man.

No comments about Pepsi-Cola Collectibles, Vol. 3 (with prices) (Pepsi-Cola Collectibles).

No comments about Guns Illustrated, 1985.

1 comments about Beckett Racing Price Guide #12 (Beckett Racing Collectibles and Die-Cast Price Guide).

1. The book itself is excellent, very comprehensive in it's coverage. It covers many, many years of collector cards. The diecast section is a must have, particularly for pricing the older diecast and the newest up to about March or April 2007.
   I received the book in mint condition, still in the factory plastic wrap.
   Overall, excellent.

3 comments about Bev's Collectibles: A Guide to Building Your Own Valuable Collections.

1. Once I started to read this book, I could not put it down. It was full of information and anecdotes that were fun and interesting. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is a collector. Novice collectors can also gain insight into the exciting world of collectibles by reading this book. Mrs Nichols writes with an easy style and keeps her reader completly entertained throughout the book. A great "collectible" in itself.



2. This is a charming book chock full of information for beginning and advanced collectors alike. Each chapter has excellent information on different collectables, along with advice on what to look for, and where to look. The ancedotes are charming and make the book a real fun read as well. I recommend this book to anyone interested in discovering the world of collecting and to those who are already serious collectors.



3. This is a charming book chock full of information for the beginning and advanced collector alike. Each chapter tells about a different collectable, with information on how to start, where to look and what to look for. The ancedotes are absolutely charming, and make the book a very fun and interesting read above and beyond the valuable specific information. The photos are a great addition as well.

1 comments about The World of Dolls.

1. A different reference and price guide for folks that now collect the dolls they enjoyed playing with when they were young. It covers dolls from Shirley Temple, to American Girls Dolls, to paper dolls and G.I. Joe. It features over 300 dolls, with most in full page black and white photos. 28 are in full color. Many of the original doll and accessory ads and catalog inserts are included. Accompanying the pictures is sufficient interesting background information and doll history. Dolls from the 20's through the 90's are included. An interesting and useful book.

2 comments about The Great Book of Britains: 100 Years of Britains Toy Soldiers 1893-1993.

1. I received my first set of old Britains lead toy soldiers when I was five years old. Two sets, actually, the cavalry and infantry display sets of Union and Confederate troops of the American Civil War were under the Christmas tree and I played with them until they literally fell apart, except for one Union infantryman which I still have.

   I was hooked, and I scrimped and saved to get the ocassional set for myself when going down to the old Buffums' Department Store in downtown Long Beach, California through grade school and high school. Metal and plastic, swoppet knights and Guradsmen, Waterloo artillery and French Zouaves, they all found their way into my modest collection, to end up in boxes in my closet until one day in 1987 when I bought one of James Opies' superb books on Britains and the bug hit again. I broght out the old figures, put them on display and started to buy the old veterans on the secondary market, to where I now have over 2,000 of them and my modest collection is becoming somewhat definitive.

   This book, which chronicles the output of Britains for 100 years is indispensable to the collector and enthusiast. If you don't own it, you are missing out on a visual treat, seeing soldiers produced by Britains that you may not know even exist. As I restore and convert the old broken ones I find, it is also invaluable as a photographic record of Britains immense output over the years.

   The book was issued a Britains catalogue number, was issued in two 'versions', one with a set of four new figures, two Scots' Greys and two fusiliers, in a box, the other with a dustcover.

   The book IS expensive, but well worth the cost, and I have used it innumerable times to research a figure, read the text, or to just enjoy the pictures.

   I have over 4,000 total Britains now, old and new, metal and plastice, and the collection has grown in large part because of James Opie, and his books, especially this one.




2. This lavishly illustrated history of the world's greatest manfacturer of toy soldiers is a must for fans of William Britain's company. From the early hollow metal days through the years of great plastic models to the recent resurgence of metals, it's all in here.