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Matchbox Cars: the First 50 Years [Paperback]

Mac Ragan (Author)

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Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Motorbooks International; illustrated edition edition (26 April 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0760309647
ISBN-13: 978-0760309643
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 20.9 x 1.1 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 833,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This colorful history features a full-color gallery of Matchbox cars from the beginning in the late 1940s to today. A look inside the development of the company, as well as some of the more collectible and most sought after Matchbox cars and accessories, are chronicled in this book. The book brings the birth and development of matchbox to life. Ragan's stunning photography takes the reader on a nostalgic tour of one of America's favorite toys.

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Before the world had colorful fleets of miniature dump trucks, bulldozers, and London buses, the future maker of Matchbox vehicles produced mundane diecast industrial parts and inexpensive souvenirs to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Read the first page

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