TEDDY BEARS PAST & PRESENT COLLECTOR IDENTIFICATION BOOK German & American Bears

Description

TEDDY BEARS PAST & PRESENT Volume 1
A Collector's Identification Guide
by Linda Mullins
This Hard Cover book with its pictorial front and back cover is in brand new condition -- gift quality.   8-1/2 x 11-1/4", 303 pages. Published by Hobby House Press, (5th Printing) 1993.  Retail price when published was .95.  This fabulous book has been
out of print
for quite some time.  This is our final new copy left in our inventory.
Profusely and artfully illustrated in both color and black & white photos are hundreds of Teddy Bears which collectors can use to identify and date their bears. It is primarily a collector's
identification guide
, which contains a wealth of background information on the history of leading bear manufacturers and hundreds of the bears they produce. Among the German firms included are Steiff, Hermann, Schuco and Bing. American companies encompass Ideal, Dakin, Gund and Applause. Merrythought, Farnell, Chad Valley Deans and Canterbury are some of the British manufacturers discussed. This book is the
first in-depth study of the anatomy of the Teddy Bear
as a means of identification and attribution. The author has literally exposed the inner parts of Teddy Bears to show collectors what they look like, and which manufacturers used the various parts in making their bears. She also points out facial and body designs that are attributable to certain Teddy Bear makers exclusively, as well as
distinguishing characteristics of bears, labels, and identification tags and buttons
.
This book not only makes it easy to determine the price of your favorite bears because of its visual and chronological order, but provides bear seekers valuable information on the "newer" bears the collector should be watching for.
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