Abbeville Press Publishers New York.

The book gives in details the history of major toy soldier makers in the Unites States as well as Great Britain, France and Germany. The book not only consolidates areas of existing research but explores more fully than any other volume the work of makers previously neglected, see the chapter titles. The rare and unusual lead and tin troopers dazzlingly photographed for this book were sleeted from som of the world's greatest collections, in particular that of Burtt R. Ehrlich, who has assembled an army of more than 15,000 toy soldiers.