A History of Toys
Collectible Book
by Antonia Fraser

This collectible book is from 1966. It traces the history of toys and toymaking from ancient man to modern times. Chapters include:

• The Nature of Toys;
• Ancient and Primitive Playthings;
• Toys of the Greeks and Romans;
• Mediaeval Childhood;
• Toys in the age of the Renaissance;
• The expanding eighteenth-century world;
• Movable Toys;
• Optical Toys and the juvenile theatre;
• More nineteenth-century Toys;
• The doll and her belongings;
• The nursery before the first world war;
• Toy-making as an industry;
• Toys in the Twenties and Thirties;
• Modern Trends;

Year: 1966
Pages: 256
Publisher: George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd;
Card Catalog: 66-20120
Condition: Used. Cover worn and spine shows some wear and is taped on the ends. No dust jacket. Ex-library book with usual markings but there is nothing written inside. Internal pages still intact, but the front coverleaf has a small tear at the bottom.
Category: Fun, Reference

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