3 comments about Evolution of the Pedal Car and Other Riding Toys With Prices: 1884 - 1970's.

1. Lousy,only fore the beginner,light on test,very poor photos,poor quality paper,amature photo shots taken by collectors NOT photographers! Could be a lot better,what is Vol.5 like? i would like to order then review this. Seen JUVENILE AUTOMOBILES A Pictorial Histroy of Children's Pedal & Powered Vehicles both Vols.1 and 2 are excellent! by Apollo Press.UK DO YOU HAVE THESE IN STOCK can you get them for me?



2. 302 page edition (volume # 4) featuring year 2,000 values. More than 600 individual large, sharp, full color pictures are shown. Includes over 100 pages of manufacturer catalog pages, advertisements, newspaper clippings, original postcards, and much more. Pedal Car fans will enjoy this work and find it an invauable reference.



3. -This is a nice book for anybody looking for beautiful and color pictures about pedal cars.
   I guess some plans about pedal car detail construction could become this book more attractive.

No comments about To Feel as Our Ancestors Did: Collecting and Performing Oral Histories.

No comments about Warman's Tobacco Collectibles: An Identification and Price Guide.

4 comments about Warman's American Pottery & Porcelain (Warman's American Pottery and Porcelain).

1. Second edition of the popular volume updated for the year 2000. There are 224 pages with more than 200 black and white photos and a 16-page color section. This encyclopedia describes and prices almost 12,000 items produced by 150 American potteries. Introductory text covers Derivation of Prices, Role of Condition, State of the Market, America's Ceramics Industry, and handy abbreviations used throughout the work. There's also an appendix with auction houses, museums, glossary and a useful index, that facilitates finding items. Topics range from Advertising and Calendar Plates, Children's Ware, Dresden Pottery, to Warwick China, Wheatley Pottery, and Yellowware. Plenty of text is included for each category. A useful book that collectors will refer to often.



2. Good book, covers the makers styles and years produced as well as who purchased and made like items, Covers a vast number of years and well worth the purchase price.



3. I returned this book because I was looking for more photos to refer to. I thought, for a beginner, this book was too difficult to follow.



4. If you love to read on histories, then this book is perfect for you, but it's not good for anyone who needs a quick reference guide or who needs pictures. This book will give you one or two examples of an entire company, and the pictures are in black and white for the most part.
   
   However it will give you histories of companies and a mark or two. if your new to this, i don't recommend this book at all. Instead go with Warman's Field Guide instead.

2 comments about Henry F. du Pont and Winterthur: A Daughter`s Portrait.

1. Not a story to which I would naturally gravitate, but I feel fortunate that I found this book. A wonderfully detailed account of a peculiar and interesting man and family. Free of the sordid tell-all, life-was-hell details of so much of what passes for memoir these days, but full of both love and unflinching insight.



2. This is a truly unusual biography. Written with insight and perception, Ruth Lord's protrayal of her father lead her to an understanding of him that she never had when he was alive. That any adult child could write of a parent with such objectivity is really remarkable.
   
   The world of wealth and privilege comes with responsibilites and obligations. H.F. du Pont met his but not without personal hardship. As as a child who was never supposed to amount to anything, H.F. left lasting accomplishments in the world of the decorative arts, dairy breeding and horticulture. A fascinating story of a remarkable man, this is a book well worth reading.

1 comments about Official Price Guide to Movie/TV Soundtracks and Original Cast Albums: 2nd Edition (Official Price Guide to Movie/TV Sound Tracks and Original Cast Albums).

1. This guide is absolutely mandatory for anyone collecting soundtracks and cast albums. The price ranges are accurate and the lllustrations fun and informative. I have used my original copy so much that I am ordering another. A must have for serious collectors and those new to the hobby.

5 comments about Collecting Rhinestone & Colored Jewelry.

1. 400 pages of information of great value to rhinestone jewelry collectors. Features a complete history of the collectables and detailed data about the manufacturers, the process, care and keeping of rhinestones, sets and accessories. An interesting feature is the more than 700 manufacturer trademarks pictured, along with the dates they were first used. The jewelry with estimated values is shown in sharp black and white photos, with a few in color. An interesting brief history of each major manufacturer is included. This is the 4th edition of the popular volume. Highly recommended.



2. I have found this book to invaluable in my research for preparing my information for publication.I am an avid collector and dealer of costume,vintage and antique jewelry and have used both previous and current editions of this book.I find this publication to be accurate - both in historical content and valuation - and use it extensively for my own research.It is a definative benchmark for identificaton and market information,especially when used in conjunction with the previous edition.I recommend this book to any serious collector and dealer.



3. I'm a first time buyer of Maryanne Dolan's books,and she has a lot of information in this book. The trademarks are very helpful and also each piece has a lot of information about it. I feel her price ranges seem to be a little high and would love to know my jewelry is worth what she quotes. I really wanted a book with colored pictures, not black and white. There are only 16 pages of colored pictures in this book. The color of the jewelry really helps in identifing it for me. Hope to find a book with more color pictures to help me identify my jewelry.

   she certainly has a lot of knowledge about rhinestone jewelry and hopefully I'll find a book of hers in color.




4. As a collector, I'm always trying to find books that catalogue maker's marks for jewelry and the thing I like most about this book is that it has an extensive section on marks that I haven't found in other books on the subject. Definitely a MUST for collectors that are trying to identify the markings on their latest finds!



5. This book has lots of great information and does a good job with mark's. I would like to see more color pictures. If you are selling a book on colored jewelry it makes sense to have pictures that show the colors! Otherwise is a good reference book.

1 comments about Ultimate Teddy Bear Book.

1. If you are looking for a book that combines the history of teddy bears with lots of full color photos of individual bears that is also packed with a lot of interesting facts about each bear (and about bear making in general) then this is the book for you.

   I am not a serious teddy bear maker, but I enjoy looking at the myriad of photos of the antique bears and learning more about teddy bear history.

No comments about Collectors' Netsuke.

No comments about Teddy Bears, Annalee's and Steiff Animals: Third Series.