James Opie Livres

James Opie covers the weavings of the nomadic and village-dwelling peoples of Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, and describes the ancient roots of tribal weaving and the significance of their common patterns and traditions. In his discussion of the origins of tribal weaving, he follows the history of ancient and traditional designs to the present, and provides illustrations with diagrams that enable the reader to identify the relationships between the patterns and their makers.

This serves as an update of the author's successful Collecting Toy Soldiers (Collins, 1987; pbk edition, New Cavendish, 1991). In it James Opie gives the collector the benefit of thirty years' experience as the world's leading authority on traditional toy soldiers (as opposed to model soldiers used in wargaming etc) and a lifetime as a collector himself.

Offers historical as well as practical information on dolls and their houses, tin-plate toys, teddy bears, toy trains, soldiers and other figures, die-cast toys, and television and film character toys

Highly illustrated in colour with photographs of rare toy soldier sets, figures and vehicles, this book documents the rise and fall of the 20th Century British Toy Industry reflected in the history of its most successful company.