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Great Toy Books

These books are out of print but can be found on the secondary market.
The Golden Age of Toys - printed in the 1960s and still one of the all time best antique toy books. Many great photos. 252 pages. Big section on toy ships. You can find copies of this one with a little effort.
   
Under the Bigtop with Schoenhuts Humpty Dumpty Circus by Evelyn Ackerman. If you collect, or want to collect Schoenhut's circus toys, you must have this book. 170 pages of photos and descriptions of just about everything made for the circus and T eddy Roosevelt's adventures. Photos from some of the great circus collections including those of Keith Kaonis and Andy Yaffee. You can find copies.