Author: STRAHLENDORF, EVELYN ROBSON [SIGNED]; ROSS, JUDY TOMLINSON
Title: Dolls of Canada: A Reference Guide
Description: Ottawa, Canada: Booklore Publishers Ltd, 1986. First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0969258607. Signed by author atop front free endpaper. Affixed to front free endpaper is a signed letter from author to the prior owner of this copy. viii, 421 pages printed upon glossy stock. Glossary. Bibliography. Figure Index. General Index. Profusely illustrated with over one thousand photos, most in black and white plus some in colour. Covers Inuit, Indian, Settlers, Ethnic, Celebrity, Eaton's Beauty, the Working doll, Artist's dolls and dolls made by the commercial doll industry in Canada in the twentieth century. The comprehensive chapter on the Eaton's Beauty is by Judy Tomlinson Ross. With this book you will be able to accurately name, date and dress your dolls. Book clean, bright and unmarked with only a trace of wear. Light wear to colour-photo-illustrated dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy of this, the bible of Canadian dolls.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Dolls - Collectors and Collecting - Canada, Doll Industry - Canada - History - 20th Century, Dollmakers - Canada, Eaton's - Dolls; Signed by Author(s). Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0969258607 20th Eaton's Art Crafts Hobbies Antiques Collectibles