FROM CHINA-TOWN

Item
5/10
Set

FATHER TUCK'S TOY ROCKERS

Set Comment

boxed set of 10 MECHANICAL MODELS WITH NOVEL MOVEMENT OF HAPPY CHILDREN, COMIC ANIMALS ETC., ETC., items are marked RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD., LONDON-PARIS-BERLIN-NEW YORK-MONTREAL PUBLISHERS BY APPOINTMENT TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN AND TO QUEEN ALEXANDRA, SERIES NO 52, DESIGNED IN ENGLAND & PRINTED IN SAXONY. The individual title, a short verse by NORMAN GALE, and DIRECTIONS are on the reverse of each. This series is discussed in the book COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS BY BLAIR & MARGARET WHITTON on page 147. They give an illustration of the box and explain the mechanisms of movement.

Set Covers

Title

FROM CHINA-TOWN

Number

52

Item Comment

I'VE BROUGHT MY BABIES TO VISIT YOU FROM FAR-OFF CHINA-TOWN, AND, AS I THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE ME TO, I'VE PUT ON MY BEST GOWN.

Type

Paper Toy

Author

NORMAN GALE

Size

9 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.