ix, 66 pp. + 318 plates. Color frontispiece, 306 black & white plates, numerous text illustrations. Title page printed in red & black. Bibliography, index. 4to. Orange cloth, stamped & lettered in silver, pictorial jacket, patterned slipcase. First American Edition.

A fascinating collection of wooden and ceramic toys from ancient Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, et al., as well as more modern European toys made of metal, glass, wax, etc. There's even a wooden toy guillotine with a metal blade! The dolls, dollhouses and miniatures are exquisitely detailed. A scarce and valuable reference.