Author: KITAHARA, TERUHISA
Title: Robots Tin Toy Dreams
Description: San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1985. Softcover. ISBN: 0877013551. Soft cover is self wraps. Heavy glazed paper is cover; white spine with black lettering. Pages are clean and tight; glossy pages. Color photographs of 229 figures; dozens of b/w photographs at rear of book. Index. "The mechanical wizardry of Japanese toy makers is presented in this remarkable collector's album, 'ROBOTS Tin Toy Dreams'. Assembled from the incredible 10000-toy collection of Teruhisa Kitahara, this whimsical volume features...the most marvelous creations of madcap Space Age gadgetry...Along with many of the tin toy robots are examples of the wonderfully illustrated boxes in which the toys were originally packaged..." ; T. Kitahara Collection Series; Color and B/W Photographs; 0.3 x 10 x 7.1 Inches; 111 pages; Cover has minor bumping and creasing.. Near Fine .

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