Various Authors 
Book of Vintage Designs and Instructions for Making Children’s Toys and Models – Including a Toy Counter and Scales, a Child’s Pedal Toy Motor Car, a Four Wheeled Toy Truck and a Model Garage 

This vintage volume is a detailed and fully-illustrated guide to designing and making children’s toys. With a detailed introduction on model making and simple, step-by-step instructions, this book is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in hand-making children’s toys. Contents include: "A Toy Counter and Scaled", "A Miniature Ski-Ball", "Alley", "A Child’s Play Desk", "A Child’s Pedal Toy Motor Car", "A Novel Colour Spinning Top", "A Children’s Swing", "A Model Garage", "Fun With Miniature Bowls", "A Four Wheeled Toy Truck", "The Ranch", "Our Toy Model Ranch", "Our Toy Model Ranch Figures", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of toys.