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Britain's Toy Car Wars - The War of Wheels Between Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Britain's Toy Car Wars - The War of Wheels Between Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Loot Price R418
Discovery Miles 4 180
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For fifty years, Britain made the best toy cars in the world,
expertly shrinking every kind of reallife vehicle and producing
them in their countless, die-cast millions. Dinky Toys were the
1930s pioneers, then in the 1950s came the pocket-money Matchbox
series, followed by Corgi Toys bristling with ingenious features
and movie stardust. But who were the driving forces behind this
phenomenon? And how did they keep putting the latest, most exciting
cars into the palm of your hand year after year? In this
illustrated and expanded edition of Britain's Toy Car Wars, Giles
Chapman reveals the extraordinary battle to dominate Britain's toy
car industry, and the dramas and disasters that finally saw the
tiny wheels come off ...
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