American Dollhouses and Furniture from the 20th Century: With Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

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This new reference features over 650 color photographs showing details of individual houses, several hundred pieces of furniture made of metal, wood, paper and plastic, and delightful full sets. Thoroughly researched information is provided for more than one hundred dollhouses, which date from 1900 to 1990 and range in size from the miniature Marx Newlywed model to the large Mego Walton Farmhouse. The biggest names in dollhouse manufacture are well represented -- from Bliss, Converse, and Schoenhut to Strombecker, Kilgore, Tootsietoy, Built-Rite, Renwal, Ideal, Plasco, Marx and many others. The book also includes a list of sources for securing dollhouses and furniture, addresses of publications in the field, and a comprehensive price guide.

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A wonderful future heirloom
A FUTURE ANTIQUE
Enchanting
A bit of magic...
Enchanted Doll House

The Enchanted Dolls' House
Robyn Johnson
Manufacturer: Handprint
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1593541821

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For the child who loves dolls, for the adult who cherishes dolls, the most sumptious celebration ever in an exquisite, multidimensional presentation, featuring pop-up period dollhouses, secret letters, hidden pictures and more.

Meet Albert and Lucinda, Kristen, Oscar, Hattie and more, enchanted dolls who inhabit a magical series of homes, from a Tudor mansion to a twentieth century villa, finding adventure and secrets to discover, dances to attend, and parties to give in each era. Can it be a surprise that over the many centuries a gentle romance has blossomed between Albert and Lucinda?

Pages are crammed with doll lore and historical detail. Lovingly rendered, highly detailed drawings of dolls, their clothing and furnishings, accessories and accoutrements grace each page and spread.
Each of the four dimensional dollhouses just begs for readers to peek through windows and doors or lift away the walls to find hidden details and characters.
Tactile treats are everywhere: journals to open, letters to pull out and read, jewelry boxes to explore, fabric to touch .and much, much more.
A Children's Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection as well as crossover selection of several BMOC adult clubs.

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A wonderful future heirloom.......2007-06-13

This is a beautifully detailed pop-up with lots of interesting facts and pictures. It would make a great gift for a daughter or granddaughter who loved dolls and dollhouses. The details are amazing.

A FUTURE ANTIQUE.......2007-05-26

These books are wonderful beautifully bound and so exqisite one imagines one self being there. I have bought this for my two year old Grand daughter to keep as a future antique

Enchanting.......2007-05-14

This pop-up dollhouse book is unique in so many ways. It's a history book, it's a pop-up book, it's a "find Waldo-like" book, and it's a book you'll want to keep forever. No matter your age, if you love dollhouses you'll love this book.

A bit of magic..........2007-03-15

The Enchanted Doll's House book was exactly that, enchanting. Each page held a little bit of magic that I relished with childish wonder and I'm 30. I bought it as a gift, but liked it so much after looking through it that I kept it. The book is very detailed and brilliantly colored. The dollhouses in the book are fascinating and everyone who has seen the book so far thinks it is wonderful.

Enchanted Doll House.......2007-03-14

Very well done, extremely educational and delightful. This is a must for every little girl. Anne Shaules

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I LOVED THIS BOOK!
I LOVED THIS BOOK!
Who'd have thought a book written at fifth grade reading level could be this suspenseful?
OH MY GOD READ THIS BOOK!
best book

The Dollhouse Murders
Betty Ren Wright
Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0590434616

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I LOVED THIS BOOK!.......2007-05-30

This book is a great book. It is about a girl Amy and her brain damaged sister. Amy gets sick of being a full time babysitter for Louan. (Her sister) Amy's Aunt Clare asks if Amy wants to stay in her house until school is over. Amy decides it would be fun and says yes. When Amy discovers the attic she finds a dollhouse that is a mini of aunt Clare's house. However, her aunt Clare seems to hate it. Amy goes to the library and finds out why she hates it. Aunt Clare hates the dollhouse because her grandparents were murdered in it. Amy asked who the dolls were and her Aunt tells her they are her grandparents. Amy goes and sees the dollhouse at night and the dolls are moving... Are the dolls trying to tell her something?

I liked this book because it was scary and I love scary books. It had a lot of suspense. I could not put it down. I think this is one of the best mysteries I have ever read.
by Margot

I LOVED THIS BOOK!.......2007-05-30

Who'd have thought a book written at fifth grade reading level could be this suspenseful?.......2007-04-23

The Dollhouse Murders is an excellent book for upper elementary/early middle school readers that provides mystery, chills and some real life lessons.
The book is a very fast easy read at about the fifth grade level and has characterizations, plot and atmosphere worthy of an adult book. There are wonderful subplots about dealing with a mentally disabled sibling as well as the burdens of guilt. The title may turn off male readers but if they give the book a try they will be rewarded with a story more spine-chilling than anything a certain "Goosebumps" series offers.

OH MY GOD READ THIS BOOK!.......2007-03-23

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The Dollhouse Murders is a dangerous thrilling ride of chills and screams. If you read this in the dark alone at night, the very next morning you'll be found in a body bag in the morgue from death by fright. Especially don't read this if you own a dollhouse. That aside this is a scream-ride that will leave you breathless. The first 30 pages are boring, but when you hit crazy 33 you'll wish you hadn't begun, for under any circumstance you won't be able to stop. I loved this book for the danger the anger the conspiracies, the secrets, the answers, the lies, and the grief. The story is about Amy; a teen bored and angry with her retarded sister Louann. She drives away Amy's friends, and above all Ellen. Ellen was born a week after Amy and she thinks Louann is annoying especially when she gets them kicked out of a mall with a big scene. Amy gets very frustrated and runs off to her dad's sister Clare, who is 13 years older than her dad. When she finds a dollhouse in Clare's attic she's intrigued, but it has a dark secret. Read this if you want to give yourself permanent hemorrhage. I love this book. You should definitely read this book... if you can handle it. -------- Cody

best book.......2007-02-27

i think this is the best book betty wright has ever written. i loike it because it is a mistery novel and its so exicting i could not stop reading it and i read it in one day. i've read it a total of 3 times it is so good

The Tale of Two Bad Mice (The World of Beatrix Potter)

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Magical Little Book
two mice
two mice
The Tale of Two Bad Mice

The Tale of Two Bad Mice (The World of Beatrix Potter)
Beatrix Potter
Manufacturer: Warne
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0723247749

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To celebrate Peter's birthday, Frederick Warne is publishing new editions of all 23 of Potter's original tales, which take the very first printings of Potter's works as their guide. The aim of these editions is to be as close as possible to Beatrix Potter's intentions while benefiting from modern printing and design techniques.

The colors and details of the watercolors in the volumes are reproduced more accurately than ever before, and it has now been possible to disguise damage that has affected the artwork over the years. Most notably, The Tale of Peter Rabbit restores six of Potter's original illustrations. Four were sacrificed in 1903 to make space for illustrated endpapers, and two have never been used before. Of course, Beatrix Potter created many memorable children's characters, including Benjamin Bunny, Tom Kitten, Jemima Puddle-duck and Jeremy Fisher. But whatever the tale, both children and adults alike can be delighted by the artistry in Potter's illustrations, while they also enjoy a very good read. Because they have always been completely true to a child's experience, Potter's 23 books continue to endure.

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Magical Little Book.......2003-12-11

I had this book as a child and thought I would never again set eyes on these wonderful illustrations by Beatrix Potter. I didn't even know the title of the book, only remember an untidy "lady mouse" character in the story named Hunka Munka. My husband suprised me with this book as an adult and seeing those beautiful illustrations swept me directly back to my childhood. I realised that I had never read the story, I had memorized the illustrations at an age before I could read.

This is a fabulous little book and the illustrations are so magical that they may stay embedded in a child's memory until adulthood. That's what happened for me and to this day, I treasure this book.

two mice.......2002-12-09

this book was a cool book when i was 4-5, and I stil like it now. I remember it like it was yesterday. thats how good of book it was.

two mice.......2002-12-09

this book was a cool book when i was 4-5, and I stil like it now. I remember it like it was yesterday. thats how good of book it was.

The Tale of Two Bad Mice.......2000-04-29

When I was a girl, my mother read this book to me over and again. I remember begging her to read it to me, and when I was old enough reading it myself. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters, including the "Two bad mice", and as in all Beatrix Potter books it is well written and a lesson is well learned. I am looking forward to reading this book to my own children (which is why I am on Amazon.com looking for it).

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A complete book on miniatures - quality product

Complete Book of Making Miniatures
Thelma R. Newman
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
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ASIN: 0517524600
Release Date: 1975-11-13

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Instruction for the beginner as well as the advanced craftsman; design settings; basic boxes; lighting; uses of such new materials as acrylic, foam, plastic, as well as fabrics, glass, ceramics, and metal. 700 photographs, including 23 in full color.

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A complete book on miniatures - quality product.......2004-01-12

The book is full of all sorts of ideas, though it was small on "found" objects for furniture making. As I am new to miniatures, this book had all sorts of ideas for the novice to the master craftsman. Of course the book hawks back to the 70's and the color of pictures reflect this...the ideas were still innovative and creative. Great detail to every aspect of the dollhouse, including lighting, room arrangements and period pieces. I look forward to making the beautiful furniture featured in this "old school" book.

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A thoughtful, entertaining, heartwarming book (spoiler warning)
The last visible dog review
Quite entertaining but not the movie
Pushing Tin
I wish I could rate it ZERO

The Mouse And His Child
Russell Hoban
Manufacturer: Arthur A. Levine Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0439098262

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Like so many exceptional children's books, Russell Hoban's The Mouse and His Child clearly wasn't intended only for kid consumption. It certainly qualifies as a fantastic story for children: the characters are entertaining and memorable, the images powerful, the pacing tight, and the message unique and lasting. But this sweet, melancholy fable about a wind-up pair of tin mice--a dancing father and son joined at the hands--explores so many different themes of hope, perseverance, transformation, and the nature of existence (while still managing to be quite funny at times) that it's the sort of book that demands to be kept around for a lifetime of rereading.

The father and son's redemptive quest to become "self-winding" takes them through all sorts of trials, from the toy store to the dump to the swamp and back again, and all along the way the pair runs afoul of Hoban's well-realized and often menacing menagerie of characters, including the slave-driver Manny Rat, the distracted thinker Muskrat, and Crow and Mrs. Crow and their Caws of Art Experimental Theatre Group. (These last provide some of the best scenes in the book, getting a surprising amount of philosophical meat out of a play called The Last Visible Dog: "What doesn't it mean! There's no end to it--it just goes on and on until it means anything and everything, depending on who you are and what your last visible dog is.")

If you're only familiar with Russell Hoban from his Frances books (Bread and Jam for Frances), this gripping, sometimes disturbing, occasionally even violent novel might come as something of a surprise. But if you've read any of Hoban's later work, like Pilgermann or The Moment Under the Moment, then you know what this sophisticated and extraordinarily graceful writer is capable of, and why The Mouse and His Child deserves praise as one of the more profound children's works ever written. (Ages 9 to adult) --Paul Hughes

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Russell Hoban is probably best known and loved for his charming series of books about Frances the Badger. However, in 1967 he wrote a novel that many consider to be one of the great works of children¹s literature of the twentieth century, THE MOUSE AND HIS CHILD. Available again in an updated format with stunning new illustrations by David Small, this masterpiece will thrill and entertain the next generation of readers.

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A thoughtful, entertaining, heartwarming book (spoiler warning).......2007-06-14

I teach middle-schoolers who are gifted in language (once a week), and when deciding what book to have my seventh-graders read that none of them, sadly, had probably read before, this won, hands down. I'm not sure when I first read the story, but it has stayed in my mind ever since. I will say that I was surprised to find they had replaced the fondly-remembered illustrations, and I would warn people that the new ones are considerably darker than the old ones. They most difficult thing for my students is to read only one chapter each week. I insist on this because there is so much to discuss in each chapter.
What do we talk about? Architecture, Fagin and other thief lords, divination, territory, shrews both in Redwall and in nature, kinds of theatre, the Muses, logic, beavers, Doozers (in Fraggle Rock), equations, literary abbreviations, dragonfly nymphs, snapping turtles, Latin nomenclature, exponents and the book Powers of Ten, weaving, the Fates, dung beetles, sexton beetles, the characters in a common Agatha Christie mystery (or Clue), dowagers, debutantes, painted-lady Victorians, phoenixes, the notion of family, the fact that the father and the child are actually the same age but are given roles, Sirius Black's name, and deus ex machina -- to name but a few.
I was glad to see someone else compare the tramp to God, because we are in a public school, yet can not help but spend a little time discussing that the tramp and his dog (Bonzo) might just be God and his little pet, Infinity.

The last visible dog review.......2007-05-11

As an adult who has read a lot of books to kids I can't rate this one in the top list. It was a gift to my kids so we read it but, even on all those "deep", "stuck in the mud" stuff that's in this book as an adult, I get it, the kids didn't. Instead they weren't too thrilled following the misery of their lives nor the redemption in the end. But we've read worse. So on that vein, it's a 3 star not a 2 star.

Reading this book is like listening to a story by a very old grumpy guy telling it. You can't quite peel away but you aren't really all that interested, and then, it gets interesting and then your thoughts wander off...

On the manufacture of the book, the paper is wonderful stuff. The dust jacket nicely done. I liked the illustrations, I thought they went well with the story. The type is easy to read. It feels nice in the hand. Would all book publishers take this care.

Quite entertaining but not the movie.......2007-01-05

I'd only known the movie version of The Mouse and His Child, so when I'd found out there was an actual book, I had to get it. I was rather surprised at some of the things going on in the book. There were times when I actually had to ask myself if it was indeed a children's book. There were some rather disturbing deaths that, while not exactly graphic, were still fairly detailed. The story flowed smoothly, in my opinion and I felt the characters were more fleshed out than they ever were in the movie. The Father and his son feared Manny the Rat and you knew it! I think my favorite part was the ending where you saw what happened to all of the characters. I also felt that while in the movie, the mouse and his child become "self-winding" in that they can move on their own, in the book they become "self-winding" in that a motor inside of them just keeps them going. They can't stop and they can't move when they want to either. The "self-winding" concept was better in the book. There were also some rather cute sketches throughout the story that helped keep the idea of it being a children's book in mind. As a whole, I think this is a very cute story but if you're looking for a book version of the movie, it will fall kind of short.

Pushing Tin.......2006-04-07

Every copy of "The Mouse and His Child" should come with the following warning label: "ATTENTION - The contents of this book are deeper, more metaphorical, and far too clever for the immature adult. Should you find this book in the hands of such an individual, redirect it immediately to that of a mature child instead". And while that probably wouldn't cut down on the number of complaints you receive, it may well give adult reviewers and readers a taste of what's to come. I picked up "The Mouse and His Child" for three distinct reasons. One - Because a friend of mine is perhaps the greatest fan of Russell Hoban this side of the Atlantic. Two - Because it is considered a children's literary classic and I very much wanted to jump on the bandwagon. Three - I just finished reading, "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo and was told by a reliable source to read this book before reviewing the former. The classic toys-on-their-own-in-a-cruel-world has been a popular theme since day one. In fact all living toy stories have one element in common: The happy ending is entirely reliant on the toy heroes finding a child to love them in the end. "The Velveteen Rabbit" is obviously the exception to this rule, but even then his transformation is inextricably linked to being loved by a kid. "The Mouse and His Child" is different. In it you have two heroes bound together and incapable of physically extricating themselves from dire situations without aid. Yet without children anywhere to be seen and increasingly frightful situations at hand, these heroes succeed because they have brains and will. All that plus the book beats all others hands down when it comes to the most satisfying happy ending I have EVER encountered in a novel for kids. Ever.

There was once a toy shop in which a tin wind-up toy of a mouse father spinning his child around and around resided. The mouse child wanted a family but the other tin animals in the shop couldn't understand this wish. One day the toy was sold to a family and, in the course of things, was damaged by the family cat. The mouse and his child were thrown out, forever attached by the hands, until they were rescued by a passing tramp and fixed so that now the mouse father would walk ahead and his son backwards. In this way, they set out to face the wide world. In this book they are kidnapped by a malicious rat fiend, befriended by a jack-of-all-trades frog, aid a muskrat, join a theater troupe, find themselves at the bottom of a pond, and in the end find exactly what the mouse child was looking for all along. It's an odd little book but a lovely one and should be required reading for anyone interested in children's literature.

About the time the heroes came across the fortune telling frog I became worried about this book. I've read plenty of deeply depressing fables that fail to earn their slapped on happy endings (see: the aforementioned "Tulane"). When the frog makes it clear that there is more hardship in store of the mice, I grimaced. Great. What fun. Miserable mice for pages and pages and pages. It wasn't like that, though. Sure, our heroes are put through their paces. They face unconscionable acts and are forced to remain in awful locations without the ability to leave. But in time this becomes less and less important. Sure they seem a little miserable before they take charge of the situation, but their misery is no worse than anything you'd find in a chapter of, "A Series of Unfortunate Events". Moreover, once the story starts delving into the metaphysical implications of infinity and where a person (or a mouse) fits into the grander scheme of things... well you start to realize that this is no ordinary children's books.

It's been a long time since I read a book that screamed its publication year quite as loudly as "The Mouse and His Child" does. The book came out in 1967 and you can practically smell the year emanating off the pages. For example, at one point the mice take up with a theatrical troupe. The troupe, run by a crow, has recently renamed itself, "The Caws of Art Experimental Theatre Group". They tend to perform plays with a hint of Beckett and a smidgen of Joyce to them. You end up with characters saying things like, "A manyness of dogs. A moreness of dogs. A too-muchness of dogs. Also a jiggling and a wiggling". Then the troupe sees the mouse and child toys fall over into the dirt and they love the significance of the action. Plus the utopian situation the creatures find themselves in at the end resembles nothing so much as a miniature Greenwich Village, run by tin animals.

I have not seen "The Mouse and His Child" in its original form with its original illustrations. As such, I cannot comment on whether or not illustrator David Small exceeds his predecessor with this new 2001 publication. What I can say is that the book is a stunner. When the endpapers of a story make you tear up even before you read a single word, that's usually a good sign. Small's mice are the perfect heroes. There's a dignity to them that transcends their surroundings and dingy condition. Small had the unenviable job of drawing picture after picture of our hero mice without making the illustrations ever seem repetitive or dull. He succeeds brilliantly at avoiding pitfalls. It helps that the expressions of the mice and their eyes move around a little bit even if they themselves cannot. Drawing in both graphite and pen and inks, Small is able to convey mood and tone with an array of different washes and styles. His pictures never trail off into the silly exuberance sometimes found in his less personal books. Here he keeps his instincts strictly in check and the result is a series of deeply moving and beautiful pictures that deftly complement Hoban's tale.

I was recently in the unenviable position of having to review a children's book (which shall remain nameless) for a professional resource that relied on cute woodland creatures perishing left and right without a smidgen of pity. There was a drop of that emotion in "The Mouse and His Child". At one point the Caws of Art is attacked by an angry audience and it leaves a rabbit (who didn't have any lines anyway) dead. Hoban doesn't dwell on this death, but at the same time he isn't saying that the rabbit wasn't important. It's a blatant act but you never fear that beloved characters will die unexpectedly themselves (though there are a few close shaves). The best way to describe "The Mouse and His Child" is to quote this little passage. At once point two tadpoles are swallowed by a snake. " `It looks bad,' said one of the tadpoles as they disappeared down the snake's throat. `You never know,' said the other. `If we can just get through this, maybe everything will be all right'." That's a bit dour, but it gives you a feel for the intelligent hand behind everything that works in this book. I haven't talked much about the truly spectacular ending of this novel, or even whether or not children would like this title. I don't know myself. It's just an interesting tale, with a feel for the repercussions that come from even the smallest of acts. You may not love it, but you can't deny that this book is a true work of art.

I wish I could rate it ZERO.......2005-07-22

I cannot for the life of me figure out why people give this book such rave reviews. This has got to be the absolute, rock-bottom WORST piece of waste paper I have ever read. I can't think of ONE good thing to say about it. It is poorly written, badly planned, uninspiring... just BAD. And I don't just mean bad for children... JUST PLAIN GODAWFUL BAD.

I read this because it was recommended by a friend, and that's the ONLY reason I finished it. I had to absolutely FORCE myself. UGH! What utter, reeking awfulness! The edition I read included Lillian Hoban's original art, and IT WAS BAD TOO! Just ugly as all heck!

I've been informed that Hoban is also the author of "A Bargain for Frances," which is one of my early childhood favorites. What a shame! What happened here???

The Demon of River Heights/Writ in Stone/The Haunted Dollhouse/The Girl Who Wasn't There (Nancy Drew Graphic Novels: Girl Detective 1-4)

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Creative new Nancy Drew books
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The Demon of River Heights/Writ in Stone/The Haunted Dollhouse/The Girl Who Wasn't There (Nancy Drew Graphic Novels: Girl Detective 1-4)
Stefan Petrucha
Manufacturer: Papercutz
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ASIN: 1597070386
Release Date: 2006-09-19

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Volumes 1-4 of all-new Nancy Drew mysteries in graphic novel form with manga-inspired art. Includes a free Nancy Drew computer game, a $50.00 (USD) Retail Value!Ages 8 to 12.

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Creative new Nancy Drew books.......2007-10-07

As a collector of all things Nancy Drew, I love these books. They are graphic novels featuring the titan-haired detective and the other familiar characters from the Nancy Drew novels. The stories are new and modern, with a anime twist to them. There's a bit more supernatural flavor to these. I am not generally a fan of graphic novels, so I can't comment on their quality from that perspective, but I think they are an entertaining and unusual format of story for lovers of Nancy Drew.

Nancy Drew Boxed Set.......2007-05-30

Did not enjoy these books - will stick with books written under Carolyn Keene.

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Great book for little girls
great for travel dollhouse!
Victorian Glory
A Charming Gift!
Victoian Doll House was a hit

Victorian Doll House
Willabel L. Tong
Manufacturer: Piggy Toes Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1581170297

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The Three-Dimensional Victorian Doll House is a beautifully illustrated carousel doll house with two stories and eight rooms. When you tie back the ribbons, the house stands on its own, revealing great decorative details and authentic-looking-pop-up period furniture - and press-out play dolls and accessories!

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Great book for little girls.......2007-07-07

My daughter loves pop-up books and this one is beautiful! She is at an age where she has quite an imagination and this book helps her to live out some dreams. It is a treasure.

great for travel dollhouse!.......2007-07-04

This is nicely made, pretty sturdy, and perfect to take along for traveling to relatives houses or on any vacation. Folded up it takes up almost no space, but provides for fun pretend play when opened up.

Victorian Glory.......2007-01-14

It was in perfect condition and made a very good gift for my 6yr old granddaughter.

A Charming Gift!.......2007-01-12

For dollhouse lovers, this is a real gem! It's the size of a tall book, GREAT for taking on trips! Opens up to full-circle dollhouse. We love the old fashioned, Victorian style. It's sturdy, well-made and able to light up a child's face in a big way!

Victoian Doll House was a hit.......2007-01-09

I bought 2 of the Victoria Doll houses as gifts for my 2 great nieces. I was present when one of my nieces opened her gift and played with it. She is 6 years old. She loved it. She played with that doll house the whole time. She told me it was the best present she ever received.

Making Upholstered Furniture in 1/12 Scale

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Making Upholstered Furniture in 1/12 Scale
Janet Storey
Manufacturer: Guild of Master Craftsman
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ASIN: 1861083017

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No specialist carpentry skills are required, and extraordinarily detailed, large-size photos and drawings make the instructions easy to follow. All the basics are covered, from tools to fabric and woods to making seat cushions. Choose from a black leather Chesterfield sofa, an elegant Knole-style setee that replicates a real 17th century piece, a Victorian bedroom chair, club suite, and more.

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big dolls house book

The Big Book of the Dolls' House
Jean Nisbett
Manufacturer: Guild of Master Craftsman
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ASIN: 1861084854

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Veteran dolls’ house maker, expert on all things miniature, and prolific author Jean Nisbett presents a comprehensive volume that brings all the elements of her previous work together. The result: a complete guide to the making and furnishing of all kinds of dolls’ houses, large and small, from the leading writer in the field. Incorporating practical advice, expert tips, and inspiring profiles of top artisans, it covers both the standard 1/12th scale and the increasingly popular 1/24th. And there’s an incredible range of styles, from fabulous palaces and elegant mansions to country cottages and Shaker homes. Breathtaking photos display imaginative decorations, period rooms and room boxes, holiday settings, outdoor scenes, and charming collections of diminutive china and other trinkets.

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big dolls house book.......2007-01-11

Pretty good book. It has lots of pictures and ideas in it for your own doll house. I wish that I had seen the table of contents before I bought it. It didn't have much victorian stuff in it.

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