"Current values for 8,000 foreign-made toy soldiers, more than 50 manufacturers from 12 countries, 2,500 photos, including 16 page full-color section"--Cover.
For the first time, Richard O'Brien has collected hundreds of articles and features he wrote for various toy soldier collecting magazines in one compelling book
This is the first all-color book devoted to collecting the toy soldiers and figures that were sold in the Five-and-Dime stores. Over 650 photographs, showing in
Contains a short history of toy soldiers and a view of the current collecting scene. The author goes on to discuss topics like paintwork, clues to dating produc