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Bear Sightings in Every Day Life: A Bear Enthusiast's Reference & Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Dee Hockenberry

Schiffer Publishing, 1999

Images of bears are found throughout the world on many objects in everyday life, from advertising and postage stamps to clothing and tablewares. The intense popularity of stuffed toy Teddy Bears today has ignited the search for images of bears on antiques, in old books, and upon modern items--and many are displayed and identified here. The chapters present old and new images of bears made as both useful and decorative items from diverse ...

Steiff(R) Bears and Other Playthings Past and Present
Dee Hockenberry

Schiffer Publishing, 2000

This beguiling book takes you to the fantasy world the Steiff*r toy company has been busily creating for over one hundred years. In over 860 beautiful color photographs, you will discover more than one thousand toys, some as recent as yesterday and most many decades old. A menagerie of stuffed animals awaits, including the beloved teddy bears, as well as cats, dogs, birds of every sort, denizens of the forest, and wildlife from the Savannah. ...

The Historical Teddy Bear (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Dee Hockenberry

Schiffer Publishing, 2004

Teddy bears have been made and loved for more than a hundred years. Over 600 beautiful color and black & white images present the toy in all its forms, from the earliest produced in 1902 right up to today. The manufacturers include Ideal, Steiff, Bing, Columbia Manufacturing, Gund, North American Bears, Merrythought, Bruin Manufacturing, and many others. An engaging text provides a history of the toy bears, their manufacturers and artists, and ...

100 Years of Teddy Bears: A Centennial Celebration (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Dee Hockenberry, Tom Hockenberry

Schiffer Publishing, 2001

The teddy bear turns 100 this year! Celebrate the origins of the delightful toy bears that have charmed adults and children around the world for a century. Here are stories and over 350 color photographs of some of the most important people, events, and bears that have contributed to Teddy's enormous popularity. Theodore Roosevelt who inspired the toy bears in 1902, Seymour Eaton who wrote Roosevelt Bears stories from 1905 to 1909, Margarete ...

Collectible German Animals Value Guide, 1948-1968: An Identification and Price Guide to Steiff, Schuco, ...
Dee Hockenberry, Tom Hockenberry

Hobby House Press, 1989

The Big Bear Book

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Dee Hockenberry, Tom Hockenberry

Schiffer Publishing, 2000

One Big Book
"The Big Bear Book" is indeed one big book! But, don't let the size fool you. The text in this book is minimal compared to the size of the book. It reviews the history of teddy bears and gives a paragraph description of many of the main manufacturers. It also includes a chapter with information teddy bear events, museums, and shops. Famous teddy bears and notable teddy bear people are also ...