Beswick Animals (Charlton Standard Catalogue) [Paperback]

Callows and Sweets (Author), Jean Dale (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 24, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0889683220 | ISBN-13: 978-0889683228 | Edition: 9

The Beswick Animals, 9th Edition: A Charlton Standard Catalogue was released January 23rd, 2007, just two years after the release of the 8th edition. This underlines the collectors demand for information on the animals produced by the John Beswick Studios, which was situated in Longton, Staffordshire, England.

Written by four experts in the field, Marilyn and Peter Sweet on horses and dogs, and Diana and John Callow on birds, cats, farm animals, fish, et.al., this guide is the most informative on the market today. Readers will discover over 700 illustrations complete with model number, designer, size, colour, dates of manufacture and varieties, plus a handy cross-referencing index in this easy-to-use guide. Recent discoveries have been added to bring this catalogue up-to-date. This book is a must for every Beswick collector.

The 8th edition of Beswick Animals is available from dealers, bookstores, collectable stores, and internet bookstores, such as Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. Beswick Animals is also available from the publisher at the cover prices, plus postage.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Charlton Press; 9 edition (January 24, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0889683220
• ISBN-13: 978-0889683228
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,463,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beswick Animals Charlton 9th Edition compared to 8th Edition, March 26, 2007

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I recently purchased the 9th Edition(use it for the horse section mainly), having sold my 8th Edition. Bad mistake: I (perhaps naively)didn't realise that the coloured photo plates of the figurines would vary between the editions. Now wish I'd retained the 8th Ed. For some reason the paper quality doesn't feel quite as high quality, but I could be mistaken(!) Some of the black and white photos are not as clear as in the 8th Edition. Disappointed that there doesn't seem to be any new information in the horse section, and some of the mistakes are repeated. (eg Pg 232 the Appaloosa Stallion Colorway No.2 a.Original Issue is listed as 'cream hooves', but there are plenty of these with striped hooves in fact).

In summary: I think it is worth buying for the new figurines depicted in the colour plates.