Offered is The Encyclopedia of French Dolls Volume I ~ A-K by François & Danielle Theimer. Readers will find this book informative and fascinating reading about French doll history of the 19th century up to 1925. This time period encompasses the pre-industrial era, the Industrial Revolution, the dawning of the 20th century, and post WWI. No doll firm survived throughout that entire period, although several lasted for half a century or more. But today's collector is looking for more than fascinating reading. The need is for knowledge about the dolls that one owns or wishes to acquire. This is the hard part. In fact, the history of dolls in 19th century France is complicated and that fact underlies this two-volume work. Thousands of references to doll firms, inventors, store, and actual dolls are arranged alphabetically within the 750 pages of this work enabling collectors for the first time to research and document their antique doll treasures. Photographs or illustrations of marks, illustrations from original patent drawings, and actual advertisements from contemporary business registries accompany most entries. There are, of course, superb photographs of existing examples of actual dolls, many previously undocumented. Well-indexed, more than 4,000 illustrations and color photographs. The pictures shown are just a very small sample of this wonderful book. This is a new, 324-page, hard cover, published in 2003. The book is in new/gift quality condition. If you have any questions regarding sales, payment and shipping policies please ask before bidding/purchase. ALL of the items I list for sale have come from a smoke & pet free environment. ME: Please check out my other auctions & you may be able to combine items to save on shipping. Please check out my ME link for more items of interest ME . PAYMENT METHODS: PayPal only by order of eBay. International winners to pay by PayPal. IF PAYING FOR MULTIPLE AUCTIONS PLEASE MAKE ONE PAYMENT. CLICK HERE to View My Other Items Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.