Matchbox Toys: Ethnoreligious Warfare in the Balkans, 1st Edition – FULL INSTANT DOWNLOAD | PDF DOCX EPUB

Name: Matchbox Toys: Ethnoreligious Warfare in the Balkans
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN-13: 9781784420383
ISBN-10: 1784420387
Addition ISBN: 1784421839, 9781784421830
Author(s): Nick Jones, Publisher: Shire Publications, Copyright: 2016
Matchbox toys were ubiquitous items for children across the Western world. Originally labelled Christmas-cracker trash by retailers and shopkeepers, the small-scale 1-75 series soon began to see unprecedented worldwide sales in the 1950s. Smaller and cheaper than most of its competitors’ toys, Matchbox models were also far more accurately modelled, but the company has nevertheless seen its own share of competition and challenging times over the years. In this beautifully illustrated book, Matchbox collector Nick Jones tells the story of Matchbox and its most famous toys, from the Coronation Coach to Hotwheels dragsters, and complements the story with beautiful, previously unpublished photographs.