Baby Bisque Dolls 1909-1930 Types Makers / Scarce Illustrated Book

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Superbly illustrated with over 200 color photographs, this early out-of-print book provides an in-depth pictorial survey of  antique and vintage “baby” dolls.
BABY DOLLS with Heads Made of Bisque from 1909 Until Circa 1930 – Character Baby Dolls
.  By Lydia Richter, Hobby House Press, MD, 1988.
This comprehensive book covers by chapter:  Introduction; Kammer & Reinhardt Creates the First Realistic Baby Doll; Other Successful Doll Manufacturers; The Transformation Capabilities of a Baby Doll; A Few Words on the Original Condition of Dolls; Baby Doll Heads; Baby Doll Bodies; Baby Dolls for America; German Baby Dolls with Heads Made of Bisque (Butterfly Baby, Bonnie Babe, By-Lo Baby, Crying Bye-Lo, Kewpie, etc. by such makers as Beck & Gottschalk, Baehr & Proeschild, Kestner, Hertel-Schwab & Co., Heubach, Kammer & Reinhardt, Knoch, Koenig & Wernicke, etc.) ; S.F.B.J.: Baby Dolls in Museums; Reproductions; Baby Dolls Made of Other Materials; Baby Artist Dolls; Baby Doll Clothing; Index.  This book is an invaluable reference for the serious collector, dealer, or historian of antique baby dolls.
8.4” x 10.1” hardback with dust cover in very good+ condition.  111 pages.
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