Best Antique & Collectible Toys

LEGO® Minifigure Year by Year: A Visual History shows the evolution of this classic toy for the first time ever, with exquisite photography and fascinating facts about each and every minifigure included. "[This] book is a nostalgic jump back in time to those childhood figures that we all had.

Wired.com says, "If you're a LEGO fanatic (or know one), The LEGO Ideas Book is worth taking a look at." ©2016 The LEGO Group. He is the author of DK's New York Times bestselling The LEGO Book, The LEGO Ideas Book, LEGO Batman Visual Dictionary and LEGO Play Book.

Building on the success of wildly popular The LEGO Ideas Book , LEGO Play Book features more than 200 different builds that inspire readers to bring their bricks to life while encouraging them to use their imagination and play in new ways, creating amazing LEGO models of their very own. There are "ten-minute builds" for quick play sessions, a "cool brick" feature with ideas for using key LEGO bricks, and a "handful of bricks" section exploring what can be done with a limited collection of LEGO bricks. "The LEGO Play Book makes it easier to think of ideas to build.

Included among the handmade marbles are old marbles of glass, earthenware, minerals, and steel; machine-made marbles are identified by their manufacturers; and contemporary handmade glass marbles by artisans recapturing the old styles and creating exciting new styles all their own. Bob Block has been collecting, appraising, auctioning, and dealing in marbles for over 30 years.

The sections on non-model collectibles like catalogs, magazines, and promo items have been updated, along with the hobby information on mold marks, and differences in the plastics, colors, and characteristics to help you more easily determine values. She published The Breyer Animal Identification Guide and The Breyer Model Hunter's Price Guide before publishing the first edition of Breyer Animal Collector's Guide in 1998.

Special "Judith Picks" sections give fascinating background and valuation details for particularly interesting or unusual objects. Comprehensive sections cover ceramics, furniture, glass, silver and metalwares, jewellery and objets de vertu , clocks and watches, books, Oriental antiques, textiles, toys, decorative arts and Modern classics. She is a regular lecturer and contributor to numerous newspapers and magazines, including the Financial Times , the Daily Telegraph , BBC Homes & Antiques and House & Garden .

Collectors and fans will find all the information they need to identify and determine the value of each piece in their collection using this book, which is officially licensed by ARS AG, Baar/Switzerland, licensor of M.I. Enhanced and expanded section of exclusive historic drawings by Maria Innocentia Hummel paired with the figurines they inspired. Completely updated listings and values for all your old favorites PLUS the latest editions in the "2000 Series." Both the New York native's mother and grandmother collect Hummel figurines, inspiring Heidi as a young girl to follow in their footsteps.

This book provides a quality reference on Tonka Truck Toys produced from 1947 through 1963. The toughest toy trucks of all are also becoming increasingly tougher to find for collectors.

The Typewriter Revolution documents the movement and provides practical advice on how to choose a typewriter, how to care for it, and what to do with it—from National Novel Writing Month to letter-writing socials, from type-ins to typewritten blogs, from custom-painted typewriters to typewriter tattoos. "Polt's account will attract those curious about the changes in technology and social patterns, since this book is really a culture critique masquerading as a history." "Polt's book is lovely and large-format with pictures interspersed among the text, which is itself delightfully hybrid: part history, part philosophy, and part user's manual, complete with labeled images of typewriters and how to use and repair them."

Nir Eyal answers these questions (and many more) by explaining the Hook Model—a four-step process embedded into the products of many successful companies to subtly encourage customer behavior. Hooked is written for product managers, designers, marketers, start-up founders, and anyone who seeks to understand how products influence our behavior. "With concrete advice and tales from the product-development trenches, this is a thoughtful discussion of how to create something that users never knew they couldn’t live without." “The most high bandwidth, high octane, and valuable presentation I have ever seen on this subject.”. —Rory Sutherland, Vice-Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather. "Nir's work is an essential crib sheet for any startup looking to understand user psychology.”. —Dave McClure, Founder 500 Startups.

With just two weeks to go before baby Edward's due date, yarn enthusiast Kerry Lord picked up a crochet hook for the first time and a new obsession began. Kerry Lord is the designer and founder of the TOFT Alpaca Shop, a modern British knitwear company offering exclusive knitting and crochet patterns, alpaca yarns and workshops.

Giraffes Can't Dance is a touching tale of Gerald the giraffe, who wants nothing more than to dance. Giles Andreae is the award-winning author of numerous children's books, including K IS FOR KISSING A COOL KANGAROO and THE CHIMPANZEES OF HAPPYTOWN.