"Informative and colorfully illustrated....More than 200 color photos of trains and vintage ads make this a delight for collectors."--"Chicago Tribune." "A gloriously illustrated guide to the history of the American Flyer...this volume highlights the hardest-to-find, most valuable train cars, while exploring the fascinating evolution of American Flyer toy trains."--"From House to Home."
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"Informative and colorfully illustrated....More than 200 color photos of trains and vintage ads make this a delight for collectors."--"Chicago Tribune." "A gloriously illustrated guide to the history of the American Flyer...this volume highlights the hardest-to-find, most valuable train cars, while exploring the fascinating evolution of American Flyer toy trains."--"From House to Home."
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Add this copy of American Flyer Classic Toy Trains to cart. $56.95, like new condition, Sold by Old Book Shop of Bordentown rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bordentown, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Friedman/Fairfax.
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Fine in fine jacket. Fine, fresh, unused example in equally fine dust jacket. First printing. Oversized hardcover. Illustrated endpapers. 160 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated throughout with color photographs and with reproductions. Lavishly illustrated story of "American Flyer" toy trains. They first appeared in the first decade of the 20th century with their first catalog appearing in 1910, when the fastest vehicle known to man was the steam locomotive. Previous to this, a small line of wind-up toy trains had been produced by a Chicago company owned by William F. Hafner. In 1906, he met W.O. Coleman, the owne rof a Chicago hardware manufacturing company and the two partnered to make Hafner's wind-up trains in Coleman's plant under the new name "American Flyer". The two parted ways in 1913. In 1918, American Flyer produced its first electric train, an "O" guage train in which an electric moter replaced the clockwork motor. In 1925, it began offering wide-guage trains to compete with Lionel. American Flyer struggled through the Great Depression but survived and in 1937 Coleman sold out to A, C. Gilbert, maker of the "Erector Set". The American Flyer was discontinued in 1966 (five years after Gilbert's death), though in 1967, Lionel announced ii had purchased the American Flyer name, which carries on to this day.
Add this copy of American Flyer: Classic Toy Trains to cart. $95.00, very good condition, Sold by Chris Korczak, Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Easthampton, MA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Friedman.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Very mild shelfwear. We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!
Add this copy of American Flyer: Classic Toy Trains to cart. $96.99, like new condition, Sold by Resource Books, LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from East Granby, CT, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Friedman/Fairfax Publishers.
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Fine in Fine jacket. New York, New York, U.S.A. : Friedman/Fairfax Publishers, 2002. First edition, first printing, in fine condition. Color illustrated throughout. Blue hardcover, color illustrated dustjacket. Looks and feels new and unread, firm binding, clean pages with no names or other markings. Dustjacket is not priceclipped and is in mylar protector. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Oblong 4to.
Add this copy of American Flyer: Classic Toy Trains to cart. $112.86, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Friedman.
Add this copy of American Flyer: Classic Toy Trains to cart. $144.68, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Friedman.
