The Imagical World of Bossons - The Complete Collectors Guide to the Bossons, Character Wall Masks, Figurines, and Plaques
Language: English
Published by W.H. Wolfe Associates, Roswell, Georgia, 1982
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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"A history of W.H. Bossons Limited and the first complete catalog of all Bossons artware ever produced. For more than thirty-five years Bossons has sustained and increased its position world-wide as one of the Gift Trade's best sellers. In 1958 Mr. Ray Bossons conceived and developed the early character wall masks and figurines for which the company now has world-wide recognition." - dust jacket. pp. 238. Index. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Book as new. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality example of this wonderful reference.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Bossons, Character Wall Masks, Figurines, Wall Plaques.
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- Title
- The Imagical World of Bossons - The Complete Collectors Guide to the Bossons, Character Wall Masks, Figurines, and Plaques
- Author
- Davis, Robert E.; Bossons, W.Ray [Foreword]
- Publisher
- W.H. Wolfe Associates, Roswell, Georgia
- Publication year
- 1982
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0961425504
- ISBN 13
- 9780961425500
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Bossons, W.Ray
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Art, Reference
This book provides an interesting narrative of the development of the W.R. Bossons Company which designed, produced and marketed the renowned character wall masks, figurines, shelf ornaments, Ivorex, Briar Rose and Fraser-Art products. Book I covers information available through 1982. The 9x14 hard cover 238 page book has color photos of over 350 Bossons products and is invaluable in identifying secondary market items.
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About the Author
Dr. Robert E. Davis, author of both Book I and Book II, and founder of the International Bossons Collectors Society, is retired after 35 years in practice of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Since retirement in 1993, Dr. Davis has restored the ancestral home on a farm in Rockmart, Georgia, and is writing an anecdotal and pictorial history of his ancestors. Ge devotes much of his time to the directing of the International Bossons Collectors Society, and to the search for additions to his beloved collection of Bossons artware.
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