Collector's Guide to Model Tin Figures

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1974* Publisher: Studio Vista.* Binding and cover condition: Grey textured cloth, black title with small red logo to spine and black design to face. Very slight bumps to top corners. No rubs, no other visible faults. VG+ * Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £7.50. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Lightly creased. Slight chips and one short tear to base of spine now re-inforced & in protective jacket. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Black and white silhouettes to end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 191 pp. text. ix pp. appendices, list of museums, associations, bibliography, sources of illustrations & acknowledgements at rear.* Description: This well illustrated guide to Tin Figures discusses not only tin soldiers but other tin figures as well. It gives a detailed history of the subject, beginning in ancient times, and following developments through the medieval period and into the heyday of German manufacture, with attention paid to the famous Nuremberg and Furth workshops; The majority of the book is concerned with the history of tin soldiers, but there is also some information on the making, painting, and collecting of tin figures and the modern military miniaturist.* A NEAR VG+ copy of the 1st./1st. with some jacket and cover faults reducing it to VG now in protected jacket.* This is a heavy book and the asking price includes a small extra contribution to the costs of carriage.*