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Glossy Soft Cover. Condition: Used Like New. 128 pgs. Oversize Glossy Soft Cover, Flaps. Lavish Illustration.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. This is a rare toy catalog from 1919 - right after World War I ended. The world was ready to rebuild and so were junior architects. This clever toy architectural set could be used to build not only model buildings, but furniture, machines and a host of other things, only limited by the imagination of the child. The catalog has a good many illustrated suggestions for building projects. Lincoln Logs, Tyro Blocks more famous competitor, came out around the same time - it was Lincoln Logs that prevailed and Tyro blocks became part of the wonderful history of toys. Their inability to match Lincoln Logs in sales is one reason for the rarity of, not only the kits, but their catalogs and instruction booklets as well. Presented here is one of the Tyro Blocks Catalogs. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: This is a horizontal-style booklet, fastened with two staples and measuring 8 3/4" x 5 7/8" in size. It has 28 pages. There are numerous line illustrations inside. On the front is a nostalgic scene of children and their parents playing with the block set - they have constructed a magnificent model of a large house . the family's dream-house? CONDITION - FAIR - This is a previously owned book that is fairly rough but which is serviceable, with the following noted: The catalog has been folded vertically causing a crease that extends through the entire book. The exterior is somewhat rough with nicks and small tears along the edges, a bit of loss to front bottom edge - a small bit of surface peel (or surface loss) to the front, as well as general smudging and spotting and a bit of ink smudging - The interior paper is toned but clean; there are various signs of use, such as edge tears and creases and a bit of spotting - else quite serviceable . This catalog seldom appear on the market.

Cloth. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Published September 1923, so stated. Green cloth with gilted tiles/ panel to the spine. This copy is VG+ in a VG, unclipped ($2.00 net) , Brodart protected DJ.Exterior is bright, clean; gilt still bright. Inside has PO neat signature on FEP and a receipt for the purchase of this book from Bailey's Harbor, WI. from 1995 laid in. Otherwise, clear, unmarked and tightly bound. 283 pp plus 1 page of advertising at the rear. DJ has moderate wear around the top/bottom of the spine, tips, and moderate sunning to the spine. Very nice.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The 1927 1st edition of this uncommon history of the 1920-1927 building of the Holland Tunnel, which connects Lower Manhattan to Jersey City, New Jersey. Clean and Near Fine in its olive-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling and design at the front panel. Internally all-but-pristine, with no writing or markings of any kind. Octavo, over 3 dozen crisp black-and-white photos and/or plans supplementing the text.