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BRITAINS & OTHER INTERESTING TOY SOLDIERS

Themes and Highlights from Sixty Years of Collecting

Autore: John Franklin, James Opie

Codice: 220444

€ 37,50

PUBBLICAZIONE RIMANDATA A PRIMAVERA 2024

Attraverso 450 foto a colori, la collezione di soldatini giocattolo di John Franklin, il quale condivide la sua esperienza, aneddoti, informazioni tecniche, e consigli.

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John Franklin has been collecting traditional toy soldiers for over sixty years, mostly Britains but, as the title suggests, including other interesting additions. In this book he shares some of the in-depth knowledge gained through experience and countless hours of careful research, but most of all the passion and enthusiasm for his hobby. He explains how he was inspired to collect soldiers, like so many, in early boyhood and how a hobby grew into an obsession. The various chapters then examine themes he followed in his collecting, such as Britains Special Painting Orders and Indian Army Pipe Bands for example, or address questions regarding the manufacture or identity of specific sets that he has researched or, in some cases, is still seeking the answer to. It is packed with anecdotes, useful technical information and helpful advice for the collector but it is above all a proud tour of inspection of a sixty-year labour of love. Over four hundred photographs, show much of the author’s magnificent collection in a parade of miniature pomp and splendour.

Lingua

INGLESE

Illustrazioni

450 foto a colori

Pagine

288

Rilegato

SI

ISBN
9781399075374