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Richard O'Brien

HarperCollins, Publishers

The golden age of comic books, 1937-1945

Ballantine Books

The Bull and the Bear: The Jazz Age: Fourth In A Series

Dell Publishing

Bathtub gin flowed.  Flappers were everywhere. Gangsters broke promises like twigs.  And a President fell.  It was the Jazz age.

By Friends Betrayed: The Jazz Age

Dell Publishing Company

In a capable, matter-of-fact history, O'Brien ( Collecting Toys ) surveys the playthings of three American centuries, beginning with the doll carried by young William Penn to Pennsylvania and concluding with the jowly Mr. Potato Head, manufactured by Hasbro and still popular in the 1980s. In between are Robert the Robot, a battery-run alien creature of the '50s; toy soldiers of successive eras; a charming miniature tin kitchen, circa 1880, from Asheville, N.C.; and the board game's mid-19th-century forebear, The Mansion of Happiness, an Instructive, Moral, and Entertaining Amusement. A picture book designed with a jaunty vernacular rhythm, O'Brien's opus is also noteworthy for the curious stories he tells of toys' origins--for example, that of the teddy bear. Conceived by a shrewd Brooklyn, N.Y., toy store owner, the bear was modeled after a real-life cub whose cuddliness caught legendary hunter Teddy Roosevelt's eye. Not only was the cub's life saved, but its spirit--reincarnated in plush, fur and felt--was immortalized. (June) Publishers Weekly

The Story of American Toys, from the Puritans to the Present

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Artabras

Your young person or gentle elder will definitely want to include this detailed volume in their collection. Be sure to order your copy today!

Collecting toy soldiers: An identification & value guide

Antiques & Collectibles

Books Americana

This thoroughly comprehensive book on collectible toys is a favorite of toy collectors worldwide, and makes for informative and entertaining reading for non-collectors as well. Photos.

Collecting Toys: A Collector's Identification and Value Guide (O'Brien's Collecting Toys)

Gazelle Book Services, Ltd.

This second edition is not just expanded--it's exploded! Readers should clear some space on their shelf for this compendium of mean machines, including a color section that's twice as big as the first edition, with 50 additional manufacturers for a total of 300. 100 color photos. 3,400 b&amp;w photos.

Toy Cars & Trucks: Identification and Value Guide (2nd ed)

The evolution of the American toy is chronicled in a grandly illustrated volume that recounts the stories of the inventors, manufacturers, and marketers of the essential childhood companion.

Story of American Toys

New Cavendish Books

Chemistry 104 - Laboratory Manual, Third Edition (by Richard O'Brien & Milorad Stojanovic)

Chemistry 104 - Laboratory Manual (Third Edition)

Milorad Stojanovic

Fountainhead Press

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