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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Suggested Structure for Dating the Objects of Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd.
  • CHAPTER I: The Reign of Queen Victoria
    • Part I. The Early Years and Growth of a Great Publishing Company
    • Part II. Those Intriguing Early Paper Toys
    • Part III. Victorian Paper Dolls and Their Fashionable Costumes
  • CHAPTER II: the Reign of King Edward and Queen Alexandra, 1901-1910
    • Part I. Puzzles, Postcards, Valentines and Children's Books
    • Part II. Paper Toys of the Edwardian Period
    • Part III. Stylish Paper Dolls of the Edwardian Period
  • CHAPTER III: The Reign of King George V and Queen Mary, 1910-1936
    • Part I. Production Before and After World War I
    • Part II. Paper Toys Before and After World War I
    • Part III. Paper Dolls Before and After World War I
  • CHAPTER IV: The Reign of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
    • Part I. The Demise of a Great Publishing Firm
    • Part II. Paper Toys - Odds and Ends and Late Arrivals
    • Part III. Tuck's Latest Paper Dolls
  • Bibliography
  • INDEX

Title: Raphael Tuck & Sons: Paper Dolls, Paper Toys, Children's Books
Author: Blair & Margaret Whitton
Publication Date: HC:1991
Publisher: Hobby House Press, Cumberland, MD
Page Count: 176
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0875883702

SUMMARY- Whenever I see that an author has provided a bibliography, I badly want to reach through the pages of the book and hug them - and I'm not a hugger by nature. They tackled a very difficult subject with a lot of enthusiasm and beautiful photography of examples. No one can provide a complete publishing record - those records were destroyed with the bombing of London. But the Whittons are able to piece together quite a bit of history and detail it in a reasonably linear fashion to give you an idea of the progress of the publishing house.



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