Very Rare 1930s Toby Toy England Nursery Rhyme Play by Number Song Book Piano Toy Still Working
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Very Rare 1930s Toby Toy England Nursery Rhyme Play by Number Song Book Piano Toy Still Working
A WONDERFUL 1930S TOBY TOY ENGLAND NURSERY RHYME SONG BOOK PIANO. IT IS A PLAY BY NUMBER SONGBOOK WITH 28 NURSERY RHYMES. TUNES LIKE HUSH-A-BYE BABY; LITTLE BO BEEP; HICKORY DICKORY DOCK; TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR; RUB-A-DUB DUB; PUSSY CAT PUSSY CAT; HUMPTY DUMPTY AMONGST OTHERS.
AMAZINGLY STILL WORKING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS ALTHOUGH THE TUNE MIGHT APPEAR A LITTLE OFF. IT IS VERY RARE I COULD NOT FIND ANOTHER TOBY TOY ONE ONLINE.
MARKINGS: A TOBY TOY MADE IN ENGLAND
SIZE: 29.5CM HIGH 24CM WIDE 7CM DEEP
CONDITION: FEW SCRAPES AND BENDS TO TIN CASE. FEW MINOR TEARS TO ONE NURSERY RHYME IN SONG BOOK. KEYBOARD MUST BE PUSHED IN A LITTLE BUT AMAZINGLY STILL WORKS.
TOBY TOYS (1921-1967): TOBY TOYS WAS A TRADEMARK OF LOUIS MARX & CO LTD, ENGLAND. Marx was an American company founded in New York by Louis Marx. He was the factory manager at Ferdinand Strauss, who manufactured cheap mechanical tin toys before founding Marx. Upon the death of Mr Strauss in 1921, Louis Marx and his brother purchased the Strauss dies and founded Louis Marx & Co Ltd of England. In 1932, they bought a factory in Dudley (Worcestershire), England and continued to produced cheap tinplate toys. Besides Toby Toys, Marx Toys - Made in Great Britain was another trademark of Louis Marx & Co. In 1967, the English brand of Louis Marx and Co Ltd was sold to Dunbee-Combex.
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