Book Look!

 As a collector, I have several books in my library that have helped me in my appreciatuin and understanding of my collections. The one I'm going to share today isn't new (having been published in 2005), but it IS one of the most interesting and insightful records of childrens' playthings that I have ever found. Here it is...

This is a fairly large book, being about a foot high and a bit more than that wide, but it's easier to handle than most "coffeetable books." Here is the inside of the cover...

As you can see, the strength of this book is that it talks about the people that invented the toys and games as well as the toys and games themselves. I've used facts from this book in previous posts, in fact. 

The contents are divided up by decade...but not entirely. As you can see, Wham-O and Marvin Glass get their own chapters.

Each chapter has a "Toy Timeline" that shows when toys came out.

And the illustrations are all beautiful. The slightly large format makes for some really nice pictures! 

So, who was the researcher that put all of this together? Why, an industry insider, of course. Here's his (slightly tounge in cheek toned) bio.

By the way, the sections are color coded on the endpapers. 

And here we have the glowing reviews! I must say, I agree with them.

So there you have it! This book is an unusual combination of a good read that actually has a lot of really good historic information included. I highly recommend checking it out  you can find it on Amazon in hardback for less than thirty bucks!

Until next time, keep searching for treasure!