Description
Near Fine dust jacket with illustration of three teddy bears. A mylar dust jacket has been added. Near Fine binding is gray cloth over boards, silver lettering on spine. Color illustrations throughout. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 13.1″ tall x 9.6″ wide.
Stated: “First published in the United States of America in 1990 by the Mallard Press”
About the book (from the dust jacket)
From its creation at the turn of the century to the present day, the teddy bear has been one of the most universally popular of toys. Today, as well as being every child’s beloved companion, it has also become a valuable collector’s item.
A COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO TEDDY BEARS tells collectors, or would-be collectors, everything they need to know. It has information on valuing unusual or antique bears, what to look for, and where and how to buy. In addition it has detailed advice on the repair and restoration of damaged bears. It also covers a wide selection of bear-related collectables, such as automata, advertising materials and products featuring bear motifs.
Other intriguing chapters contain information about literary bears, such as Pooh, and Rupert and Paddington, and on bears owned by famous people, as well as the romantic story of the birth of the first teddy bears.
Beautifully illustrated throughout with specially commissioned color photographs, and written in a lively, readable style, this is a book not just to consult, but to treasure and enjoy.
About the author (from the dust jacket)
Peter Ford, born in 1936, was educated at St George’s School, Harpenden. After serving with the Royal Artillery in Malaya, he worked in publishing as an editor for 12 years before becoming a freelance writer and editor in 1971. Peter Ford has co-writer books including THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980) and the picture Buyer’s HANDBOOK (1988). Currently he is co-writing and editing a set of memoirs of life in the circus and the music hall. Since the early 1970s he has lived in or near the valley of the Suffolk Stour, and presently lives in the market town of Sudbury, Suffolk.
