DICTIONARY OF TOYS SOLD IN AMERICA - Rference Book for Dealers and Collectors 
by Earnest Long, privately published, 1971.  8.4” x 10.7” softback in very good condition.  83 pages. 
This book covers 1,476 antique tin and cast iron toys.  By chapter: Aircraft; Automotive; Boats; Character Toys; Horse Drawn; Miscellaneous; Push Toys and Bell Toys; Schoenhut; Tin Mechanical; and Wagons.  The captions generally include maker, date, a terse description, and dimensions.  In this book, the author has “attempted to list as many toys as possible that the average collector will find.  Some of the scarcer toys are shown, but on the whole the book deals with the toys most readily available.”  This book does not contain trains, dolls, and banks – subject matter which the author hope to incorporate in a second volume.  If you are a collector, dealer, or historian of antique tin and cast iron toys, you will find this rare book an indispensable resource reference work. 
DICTIONARY OF TOYS SOLD IN AMERICA – Volume II by Earnest Long, privately published, 1978.   8.4” x 10.7” softback in very good condition.  72 pages. 
Profusely illustrated in black-and-white, this early out-of-print book pictures and identifies 1,243 antique cast iron and tin toys sold in America. 
This book is just a step towards providing what the toy collecting field desperately needs…a common reference source.  The illustrations in this book have been taken from various catalogs.  In almost every case the toy is easily identified by the illustration and the description that accompanies it.”  
This book covers by chapter: Aircraft; Automotive; Boats; Character Toys; Horse Drawn; Miscellaneous; Bell Toys; Floor Toys; Mechanical; and Wagons.  The captions generally include maker, date, a terse description, and dimensions.  If you are a collector, dealer, or historian of antique tin and cast iron toys, you will find this rare book an indispensable resource reference work. 
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