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Charlotte Parry-Crooke
Hardcover
180 pages
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Marklin 1895-1914 (Great Toys)
$120.00
The Marklin company is considered the king of the German toy-makers. There is little doubt that at the beginning of the 20th century Marklin was the greatest toy-maker in the world. This book brings together in superb photographs the finest examples from the ‘golden age’ of tin toys. In this book the rarest and finest Marklin toys, drawn from several of the world’s leading collections, are shown in over 168 colour photographs.
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