Lavishly illustrated in color and black-and-white, this text provides an in-depth survey of antique metal toys made in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1910 and 1979.  
METAL TOYS FROM NUREMBERG – The Unique Mechanical Toys of the Firm of Georg Kellermann & Co. of Nuremberg 1910-1979 by Gerhard G. Walter, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., PN, 1992.  
This comprehensive book explains the manufacturing techniques of developing these toys, provides patent information, reproduces early catalogs and sales advertisements, and pictures and illustrates hundreds of different toys manufactured by this firm.  Toys include trucks of all kinds, cars, tanks and other military vehicles, fire engines, rescue squads, trains, busses, boats, airplanes, and other vehicles.  Many of the toys are character toys.  The captions on each illustration generally include name, terse descriptions, dates, model numbers, dimensions, and more.  This book is an invaluable resource reference work for the serious collector, dealer, or historian of antique metal toys. 
8” x 10.75” color imprinted hardback in very good condition.  143 pages.
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