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Small Dolls of the 40s & 50s: Identification & Value Guide
by Carol June Stover
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Collector Books (2002-08)
ISBN: 1574322753
EAN: 9781574322750
Dewy Decimal #: 688
Hardcover: 288 pages
Condition: Very Good
Comments: 2002, 8.5 x 11, 288 pages, Book is in Very Good Condition. Book is completely intact with inside pages in Very Good condition with no tears and with no notations (no pencil marks, no underlining, no highlighting, etc.)
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Almost 1,000 color photos, catalog pages, brochures, and vintage advertisements. This unprecented volume includes special sections devoted to toddler dolls, baby dolls, British dolls, advertising dolls, 'dress me' sewing dolls, and accessories. You'll learn the scoop on why so many of the small dolls look alike, why they were unmarked, and who owned whom in the tangled web of small dolls. Although it concentrates on the smallest dolls up to 9 inch of the 1940s and 1950s, the book also provides examples from the 1960s.288 pages. AUTHORBIO: Carol Stover is a doll authority who has co-authored two editions of Vogue Dolls with Judith Izen. She is also the author of Small Dolls of the 40s & 50s and has co-authored the eighth edition of Doll Values, Antique to Modern, with Barbara DeFeo. REVIEW: This book is valuable for its coverage of not only major companies, including Vogue Dolls, but also lesser-known companies. Forty-five American brands and five British makers are discussed in separate chapters, along with some miscellaneous groupings of dolls, plus chapters on advertising dolls and sewing sets. The dolls are described carefully, with marketing histories where available, in businesslike prose.
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Customer Reviews
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Amazing Resource Book
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-03-13
From the very first pages to the last page of this book, I found lots of information that helped to fill in some blanks on some of the little dolls that I was interested in. Amazing Resource for many dolls of this particular time period. Lots of color photos also. I highly recommend this book as a must have if you are adding old dolls to your collection or just need more information on dolls that you may have.
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Good reference guide
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-07-08
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is a very good reference guide to check out the value of dolls from the 40's and 50's. I would recommend it to any doll collector.
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Small Dolls of the 40s & 50s: Identification & Value Guide
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-03-23
4 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
I found this book to be full of valuable info. Its a must have for the 40 and 50's doll collector. A great asset!!!
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small dolls of the 40's & 50s:identification&value guide
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-01-03
6 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
this book is a wonderful reference book -have learned so much, highly recommend
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Small Dolls of the 40s and 50s by Carol J. Stover
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-09-20
21 out of 21 customers found this reveiw helpful
As a longtime doll collector, I have often found 8-inch hard plastic dolls that I could not identify. Some of the dolls were even mint with original clothes. I always passed them by thinking that I would never be able to learn about the companies that made them. This "Small Dolls" book will go a long way to answer these kinds of questions. The author has written a great book with lots of excellent illustrations, which includes pictures and information of the more well-known dolls like Ginny, Ginger and Muffie. In addition, dolls are pictured from over 50 other doll companies, including Norma Originals, Unique, Virga, Carlson Manufacturing and many more. For collectors who like small dolls, especially those from the 1950s, this book is a must.
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