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Renwal World's Finest Toys

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Kudos to author, Charles Donovan, for creating a great book on the history of the Renwal Company toys! As one of the many Baby Boomers collecting toys from their past, I am an avid collector of old doll houses (mostly Marx), furniture and dolls. This book on the Renwal toys will be a good resource tool. No one else made doll house dolls like Renwal. This book offers beautiful, clear photos, descriptions and values of the Renwal dolls, furniture and other toy items made by Renwal. There is also a "bonus" at the end, a copy of an early catalog describing the toys. I would highly recommend this book to other collectors.

Mr. Charles Donovan has put together a fine book (all known catalogued and uncatalogued) toys manufactured by the Renwal company from 1945 through the late 1950's. A concise guide for collectors with clear photographs and excellent data.

I purchased this book for my mother who played with Renwal toys as a child. She is trying to complete her childhood collection. She calls it her 'Renwal Bible'!! It is packed with great information and photos. I sincerely believe this is the best gift I have ever given her!

This book has the most information available on the era of the Renwal dollhouse furniture. Having had a collection of Renwal since 1945, I was pleased to see that this book has the current values of such items. I was happy to receive the book in excellent contition, as I usually do in my purchases from Amazon.

Kudos to author, Charles Donovan, for creating a great book on the history of the Renwal Company toys! As one of the many Baby Boomers collecting toys from their past, I am an avid collector of old doll houses (mostly Marx), furniture and dolls. This book on the Renwal toys will be a good resource tool. No one else made doll house dolls like Renwal. This book offers beautiful, clear photos, descriptions and values of the Renwal dolls, furniture and other toy items made by Renwal. There is also a "bonus" at the end, a copy of an early catalog describing the toys. I would highly recommend this book to other collectors.

I want to make it clear from the start that the book only covers Renwal's line of doll house furniture. I remember building some of their plastic kits in the 1960s; the Cosmorama planetarium. the visible engines, etc. These are NOT in the book. The product description is vaguely worded so be advised on what it is and what it isn't. Anyway, I found out the hard way and I'm returning the book to the seller (who also happens to be the author). A refund from Amazon is already in the works. Five stars because I was treated fairly and promptly.

The book is beautiful. It was received as promised and contains an excellent catalog of Renwal's dollhouse furniture. A must have for any dollhouse aficionado!