Main entry:

Whitton, Blair, author.

Title & Author:

Paper toys of the world / by Blair Whitton.

Publication:

Cumberland, Md. : Hobby House Press, [1986]
©1986

Description:

236 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 27 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
The early history of paper making & printing -- Paper folding & educational card games -- Game boards -- Blocks & puzzles -- Peep shows, panoramas & the historiscope -- Toy books with movement -- The magnificent paper soldier -- Paper dolls -- Cardboard dollhouses, room settings & furnishings -- Tinsel figures & the theater -- The clowns, the circus & the side show -- Construction sets: shops, buildings, gardens & zoos -- Movement by sand & hot air -- Optical toys -- Transportation vehicles & toys that fly -- Beautiful or unusual oddities -- Paper toys for today's collector -- Paper conservation hints & list of U.S. patent papers.

Summary:

A reference of detailed coverage for paper toys from the earliest times to the present-day offerings by museum gift shops and large publishing houses. Included are paper theatres, paper dolls, changeable books, paper houses, paper trains, ships, soldiers and flip books, etc.

ISBN:

0875882897
9780875882895

Subject:

Paper toys History.
Jouets de papier Histoire.
Paper toys.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main toy reference 49032
Call No.: NK8553.W45 1986 (ID:89-B8054)
Status: Available