Customer Reviews

The Handbook of Doll Repair & Restoration

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I gave this book 4 stars because it is a good resource for what it actually covers, BUT it doesn't cover as broad a range of dolls as the editorial review and the one customer review titled "The Doll Repair Bible!" led me to believe. The editorial review said that the book would lead me through the procedure to restore my doll whether it "is a museum rarity, one of many common antique dolls, or a collectible." "The Doll Repair Bible!" review stated that "it covers dolls from antique to modern." Well, I feel that *collectible* and *modern* dolls include the plastic and vinyl dolls of the 50's and 60's such as the Madame Alexander dolls, Chatty Family, Saucy Walker, Patty Play Pal, Crissy, and others that so many doll lovers are collecting now. The only helpful thing in this book for these dolls was the section on sleep eyes. But I gave this book to my mother-in-law, who is into composition and porcelain dolls, and she was thrilled with it. So, it is good resource - just not as expansive as the previous reviews had led me to believe. I wanted add this information for consideration of those doll lovers whose focus is *collectible* dolls.

If you only buy one book on doll repair, it must be this one. It covers dolls from antique to modern, in laymens language. I have been repairing dolls for over 15 years, and learned almost everything from this one book. It has good diagrams and takes you through each process step by step. I highly recommend.

I have to agree with the reviewer who said the book was not comprehensive. While this book is worthwhile to have in your collection if you have many porcelain/china pieces, it devotes 4 pages (of 275)to composition/wax dolls. This is hardly a "bible" of restoration.

A great disappoint to find this much touted bible had so little information on composition and hard plastics- - dolls of the last 50 - 60 years.

Author is excellent on restoration of procelain or bisque dolls. Very little information about composition & wax dolls. No information about plastic or vinyl dolls.

this book is very informational on how to restore all types of dolls. Right now I'm restoring one of my composition dolls & the book is very helpful. I would highly recomend this book to anyone who is thinking about getting started restoring dolls of any type. Very easy to read & understand.
Enjoy!

The perfect instructional and educational book for learning doll restoration. Highly recommended.

Wonderful book. Alot of information about repairing and restoring your dolls. I would highly reccomend to someone who is getting started.

This book is just what I ordered. I have used this book as a reference for some years, but I lost a copy during a move. Anyone who is interested in this kind of hobby work will find this book invaluable. I was so pleased to find a copy available for purchase, as I had feared it was out of print. Reading and understanding what is being taught in this book is easy. Good book.

I first bought this book about 20 years ago. I wanted to learn how to restore old dolls because I could not afford to buy the perfect ones.
This is a very good place to start if you want to learn doll repair. No book will have everything you want to know, but this one covers many important things like restringing, eyes, wigs, etc. I had to buy another one last year because I eventually wore out my first copy!
A very good reference guide to doll repair and restoration.