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Circa: 2005
Manufacturer: Dollmasters
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. In this book, the glorious automata and mechanical music of the 19th and early 20th century are truly "playing their parts". Playing their mechanical parts, they perform extraordinary motions and issue compelling music that is as transfixing today as when first created. Playing their social parts, they are just as apt. Whether eluding the frog or training the piglet, fiddling or fishing, making magic or teasing the moon, these automata and music boxes are technological wonders as well as social commentary of the first order. They are, in fact, the virtual reality of their time. 150 splendid examples of these automata and musical boxes, 1780-1960, are shown in this book with detailed descriptions of their motions, music, historical background, and useful commentary. Each example is photographed in award-winning color, many with detailed insert photos, and each is identified by maker, country of origin and date.
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