The Ultimate Doll Book

by Caroline Goodfellow

Although usually thought of as children's playthings, dolls, like teddy bears, are also highly valued collectors' items. This book provides collectors, would-be collectors and enthusiasts with a definitive guide to over 500 types of doll. Whether it is made of wax, bisque, porcelain or cloth, whether a Peking Opera Doll or a Barbie, each example is presented clothed and unclothed with all salient features highlighted.

Genres: Nonfiction

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Linda]

The best doll collecting book I have found so far. Great illustrations!

[Judy Tarver]

A decent book for people who collect dolls or for those who want to start collecting dolls. It has good pictures and details about the dolls in the book and the different types of dolls that there have been over the years. It isn’t really for pricing or putting value on them.

[Mary]

It’s an interesting book if you want to learn a bit about different types of collectible dolls that are vintage or antique. Wasn’t what I was looking for.

[Katy Lovejoy]

Boring

[Susan Liston]

DK books are always good, and this is a good glimpse of the doll world for the beginning doll collector or non-collector like myself who wants an overview of the subject.

[Wallis]

A lot of good information and beautiful pics of dolls. A great reference for the doll collector in you.

[Rose English]

This was an amazing find in 'Oxfam Books & Music of Hereford' Original price was £15.99 and I paid a mere £2.49 and it is almost like new. I bought it to research the type of doll my character in a book I am writing would have had around 1860 and it does not disappoint. The beautiful photographs show how a child or collector could so very easily fall in love with them.

There are short but simple to understand descriptions and an easy to follow glossary at the end. Anyone interested in collecting dolls or just wants to see some beautiful images and the craftsmanship that goes into making them should check this book. Its even got a section on the changing face of Barbie. Brilliant.

[Kristen]

This was probably mostly written for collectors, and although I'll never be a doll collector, my recent interest in toy and dollmaking made me check this one out from the library. It was really fascinating as a history of the last three to four hundred years of doll making.