Clowns I love you (Novelty January 2004)

French text : Author Albert Bazin, size 21 x 29,7 cms, 48 pp all color, soft cover. A remarkable booklet that deals with all related to clowns toys, automates, wind up, posters, animal drawn, and dolls. All color throughout pictures drawn from Paris stores catalogues. Valuable historical facts included in tha captions. No value guide.

US$ 37

The history of Martin mechanical toys
(American language edition)

Author : Frederic Marchand, size 11" x 8", 220 pp, 380 color and black and white photos, hardback with full color dustcover.
Frederic Marchand is specialized in Antique toys and avid collector, housed in the heart of Saint Germain des Prés in Paris. Armed with his camera, he tracked down in France and abroad the creations of that extraordinary inventor that fernand Martin was, using the well-known sources : The Arts et metiers museum in Paris, where Martin deposited a large number of his models and patents, to the most secretative of collectors as well as his next-of-kin whose precious archives provide new
hitter-to unrevealed information. The reference book on famous "Bonhommes Martin".

US$ 65

Les catalogue d' Etrennes des grands magasins Tome 2
(French text)

Author : François Theimer, size 21 x 29,7 cms, 288 pages allblack and white engravings, soft cover.
The superb reprint of French Xmas catalogues, covering the 1877 to 1893 period.

US$ 55

LEHMANN TOYS
(English language)

Authors: Jurgen and Marianne Cieslik. Size 27 x23 cms,220 pages, 700 pictures, 220 color photos, 220 pages.
This superbly illustrated book compiled with the co-operation of E.P. Lehmann company, sets new standards in “one make” toy histories. Every toy manufactured is indexed.

US$ 45