Carved Carnival Carousel Animals Folk Art - Names Makers Dates / Scarce Book

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CAROUSEL ANIMALS
by Tobin Fraley, Chronicle Books, CA, 1983.
Lavishly illustrated in color, this early out-of-print book pictures and identifies in-depth antique and vintage carousel animals including makers and dates.
The book covers by chapter: Carousel History; Little Known makers; Gustav Dentzel; Salvatore Cernigliaro, athe the Dentzel Co.; Solomon Stein and Harry Goldstein; Charles Carmel; Charles Leopold;  Marcus Charles Illions; John Zalar; Daniel Muller; The Complete Carousel; Epilogue and Bibliography.   Pictured and described are examples of horses, tigers and lions, a bear, camels, rabbit, zebra, goat and more.  There is a full-page color photograph of each item listed along with an in-depth description and information on makers, dimensions, dates, and more.  There is a wealth of information in this most informative book.
10.9” x 8.6” softback in very good condition.  143 pages.
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