Japanese Tin Toys 1945-1965 Robots Boats Cars Trucks Planes Characters / Book

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Japanese Tin Toys 1945-1965 Robots Boats Cars Trucks Planes Characters / Book:
$69.95

Lavishly illustrated in color, this superb pictorial guide pictures and identifies 200 tin toys in Toyoji Takayama’s “The Tin Toy Museum.” Makers include Tezuka Production, Yonezawa, Bandai, Momura, JRD, Masudaya, Ichida, Asakusa, Alps, Asahi, Yoshiya, Daiya, Marusan, Tonbo, Kosibe, Linemar, Tezuka Production, Asahi, and more.THE TIN TOY MUSEUM Part 3 by Toyoji Takayama, privately published, Japan, 1988.Written in both English and Japanese, this book is a collector’s item in itself. Out of a collection of 12,000 items in The Tin Toy Museum, this book features 400 items. “This bok introduces 400 more of the joyful and wonderful Japanese tin toys made between 1945 and 1965, selected from the 12,000 pieces in the Tin Toy Museum, all shown in beautiful color photographs. 70 comical characters, 44 classic cars are included. The photo credits in English use the same wording that appeared on the toy’s original packages, sometimes rather humorous or inexplicable.” Also pictured and described are robots, boats, airplanes, tanks, crawling bugs, trucks, play pails, globes, banks, pumps, and more.12” x 9” hardback with dust cover in very good+ condition. Approximately 200 pages. (Please note that this oversize book did not fit our scanner; thus the partial image of the cover.)FREEmedia mailshipping and handling for deliveries within the 50 United States. Rates vary for international mailings.MULTIPLE BOOK PURCHASE DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE:Buy3-5 books and receive a10% DISCOUNTand FREE shipping within the 48 United States.
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