Talking Toys of the 20th Century: Collector's Identification & Value Guide

By Kathy Lewis and Don Lewis

This collector's guide covers talking toys dating from 1878 to 1998. Over 350 full color photos are included. Stock numbers, when available, are included for each doll and animal, as well as values... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574321250
• ISBN13: 9781574321258
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Collector Books
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

An outstanding collector's identification and value guide.

Kathy and Don Lewis' Talking Toys Of The 20th Century provide an outstanding collector's identification and value guide, using small color photos to provide clear pictures of not only the toys, but the boxes which house them. An organization by toy publisher makes them quick to locate.

Excellent reference from the Chatty Cathy authors!

Another wonderful, informative book from Kathy and Don Lewis, the authors of "Chatty Cathy Dolls." It's wonderful to see a real guide, using photos from collectors which depict items in played with to mint condition, which is realistic for older dolls and toys. How often are we lucky enough to find mint condition collectible playthings? Highly recommend!

Great Book

I have spent hours reading Talking Toys of the 20th Century. It is an outstanding book and Kathy and Don Lewis did a remarkable job in their research to make this book possible. Thank you Kathy and Don.

Outstanding resource book for YOU, the collector!

"Talking Toys of The 20th Century" is the only book of its kind in the world...It is an outstanding, comprehensive photo and value guide, not simply a resource for the "serious" collector, but instead it's an easy to read, fun to look at pictorial of some of the most important and obscure talking toys ever made. Once you see the wonderful photos and read the product descriptions of these magical icons from the past, you'll want to get a second or third job to satisfy your ever growing hunger to collect these treasures. Also check out the Lewis' first book on Chatty Cathy and Family Dolls...A must have for Chatty collectors!

EXCELLENT reference guide for the talking toy collector

Finally, an exceptional price guide and identification book for us collectors. Never before have I seen this type of pricing system and I hope future authors copy this format. Having multiple prices listed according to varied conditions (fully described) and the first price listed being the one that applies to the item pictured takes the guess work out of evaluating the toy's value. This system is VERY easy to understand. I did not know there were so many toy companies that made talking toys. It has several hundred full color photos, almost 300 pages and the Table of Contents and Index pages make it very easy to locate an item. Beautifully clear photos and the personal style in which it's written make this book stand in a class by itself. This book is actually fun to read. I highly recommend this book, whether you are a novice or diehard collector. Either way, you will learn a great deal from this book. TODAY'S BOOKS, which is an online reviewing house, gave this book a 'red heart five star' rating which is their MUST READ catagory; better than their 'five star' which is EXCEPTIONAL. "Talking Toys of the 20th Century" is by far the best and most thorough book on talking toys to-date. It will be hard to top this one!