TOY & MODEL
MAKING
~Vintage Book Collection~

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Collected together on disc for the first time, we have 75 rare, vintage books on the design and construction of toys and models. Published, largely in the late 19th and early  20th centuries, a wide range of subject matter is covered. Includes instruction for making basic wooden toys for young children, simple electric toys, model boats, cars and aircraft, kites, birdhouses, general handicrafts and passtimes for young people, instructional manuals intended for use in schools and more advanced texts intended for the serious / experienced model maker. Each book, in pdf format is a 300 dpi scan of the original pages so you will be reading each exactly as intended. 

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Includes 100's of plans and instructions for a huge variety of toys and models and features many illustrations, diagrams and photographs.

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Includes the following:

Advanced Toy Making - D M Mitchell (1922)
American School Toys & Useful Novelties in Wood - C A Kunou (1920)
Bird Houses Boys Can Build - A F Siepert (1916) 
Boys Book of Model Boats - RF Yates (1920) 
Carpentry & Mechanics For Boys - A Neely Hall (1918) 
Coping Saw Work - BW Johnson (1909) 
Designing Modelling Building A Model Automobile - Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild (1954) 
Designs for Architectural Models to be Erected With Richter's Anchor Blocks- Dr Richters (1900) 
Educational Toys - L C Peterson (1920) 
Educational Toys and Surprises from the Weaver's Shuttle - M Ebert (1917)
Electric Toy Making For Amatuers - T O'Conor Sloane (1899) 
Handicraft for Boys - A F Collins (1918) 
Handicraft for Handy Boys - A Neely Hall (1911) 
Harper's Aircraft Book; Why Aeroplanes Fly, How to Make Models, & All About Aircraft, Little & Big - A H Verrill (1913)
Home Made Toys For Girls & Boys - A Hall (1915) 
How; or, Spare Hours Made Profitable for Boys & Girls - K Holbrook (1887)
Indoor & Outdoor Handicraft & Recreation for Girls - L & A B Beard (1904)
Kitecraft & Kite Tournaments - CM Miller (1914) 
Kites; How to Make & How to Fly Them - G J Varney (1897)
Little Folks' Handy Book - L & A B Beard (1910)
Making Tin Can Toys - E Thatcher (1919) 
Manual Training Play Problems For Boys & Girls - W Marten (1917) 
Manual Training Toys for the Boys Workshop - H Moore (1912) 
Meccano Prize Models (1915) 
Model Aeroplanes & Their Motors - G Cavanagh (1916) 
Model Engine Making - J Pocock (1888) 
Model Engines & Small Boats - N M Hopkins (1898)
Model Steam Turbines - H Harrison (1904) 
Model Yachts & Model Yacht Sailing - J Walton (1880) 
Model Yachts Ships & Steamers - TE Biddel (1883) 
Mother Nature's Toy-Shop L & AB Beard (1918) 
Paper & Scissors in the Schoolroom - E A Weaver (1893)
Paper Cutting Correlated with the Common School Branches - B Dixon (1922)
Paper Folding & Cutting - K M Ball (1892)
Paper Toys & How to Make Them - F Koch (1907)
Papyro-Plastics, or the Art of Modelling in Paper - D Bolieau (1825)
Practical Kites & Aëroplanes; How to Make & Work Them - F Walker (1903)
The American Boys Workshop - C B Kelland (1914) 
The Boy Craftsman - A Neely Hall (1905) 
The Boy Mechanic Book 2; 1000 Things For Boys To Do - Popular Mechanics Press (1915) 
The Boy Mechanic Book 3; 800 Things For Boys To Do - Popular Mechanics Press (1919) 
The Boys Book of Model Aeroplanes - FA Collins (1910) 
The Boys Own Toy-Maker - E Landells (1860) 
The Children's Kraft Shop - A B Beard (1914)
The Complete Playcraft Book - P Beard (1920)
The Construction & Flying of Kites - C M Miller (1909)
The Handy Boy - A Neely Hall (1913) 
The Jolly Book of Boxcraft - P Beard (1914) 
The Model Locomotive - H Greenly (1904) 
The Playwork Book - A Macbeth (1918) 
The Scissors Book - W Ludlum (1915)
Theory & Practice of Model Aeroplaning - V Johnson (1910) 
Things To Make - J G Hutton (1916) 
Things to Make in your Home Workshop - A Wakeling (1930)
Tin Can Toys & How to Make Them - C Williams (1916)
Toy Craft - L Baxter (1922) 
Toy Making At Home - M Adams (1915) 
Toy Making for Amateurs - J Lukin (1889)
Toy Making In School & Home - R & M Polkinghorne (1916) 
Toys & their Place in the Education of the Child - E Harrison (1893)
Toys; Their Design And Construction - J Kay & C T White (19__) 
Toys in Wartime; Suggestions to Parents on Making Toys in Wartime (1942)
Ways For Boys To Make & Do Things - C Skinner (1887) 
When Mother Lets us Carpenter - J D Adams (1916)
When Mother Lets us Cut Out Pictures - I E Boyd (1918)
When Mother Lets Us Make Gifts - MB Grubb (1914) 
When Mother Lets us Model - H M Adams (1916)
When Mother Lets Us Make Paper Box Furniture - G Ellingwood Rich (1914) 
When Mother Lets Us Make Toys - G Ellingwood Rich (1915) 
When Mother Lets us Play - A M Keyes (1911)
When Mother Lets us Sew - V Ralston (1910)

PLUS, ALSO INCLUDED, A SELECTION OF 4 VINTAGE TOY CATALOGUES!

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Includes the following:

Hello Boys! Look At These Gilbert Toys - Gilbert Co (1919)
Bradley's Games; 'The World's Best' - Milton Bradley Company (1910)
The Automatic Toy Works - (1882)
Wholesale Games & Amusements - E G Selchow & Co (1879)

~ABOUT THE DVD~

These are ELECTRONIC BOOKS. You will receive 1 x data DVD-R disc containing 75 pdf e-books as stated above. The books are in pdf format which means that you will need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to read them. If you dont have this, you can download it FREE from the Adobe website. If you don't understand this, please contact me prior to purchase.

This is a data DVD for computer use (requires DVD-Rom drive). It WILL NOT WORK in an audio CD player or the DVD player connected to your TV.

*MAC USERS*
This disc has an auto-run menu feature which may be incompatible with Mac computers. I cannot guarantee that the menu feature will function on any Mac computer or that a disc including this feature will function in any way on any Mac computer. If you would like a disc without the menu feature I can provide this (menu is for cosmetic purposes only - content will be identical), please leave a note with your purchase. If in doubt, please contact me prior to purchase.

'Software Box' pictured is for illustration purposes only, not representative of actual packaging.
'Software Box' and books pictured are for illustration purposes only, not representative of actual packaging -
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NOTE TO EBAY STAFF: No copyrights are infringed in this CD/DVD Rom product. All material contained on the discs as described above is in the public domain and free from copyright.