The Sandra Morris Colllection

Sometime in April this year, Sandra Morris of Dimunitive Dolls made the difficult decision to part with some of her much loved dollhouse books, books which she had collected for the past 25 years. I wasted no time and made a beeline for them. I bought so many that Sandra had to split the parcels into 3 different lots. She is from UK and I am in Singapore. To save on shipping, I picked surface mail. I knew I would have no problem receiving them because my experience with UK surface mail is they come slowly but surely. I received Parcel 3 6 days after they were posted out. In Sandra's words, "That's not just amazing, it's practically impossible!  It must have gone by air instead of surface mail.  Even if I'd got on a boat in England  along with the parcels I wouldn't have arrived in Singapore yet!"

These are the books in Parcel 3 :

DOLLS 

by Max von Boehn

GREENWARE PREPARATION FOR DOLLS HEADS with Eye Cutting Techniques

by Neva Wade Garnett

DOLLS (The Collector's Corner)

Grange Books

DOLLS

by John Noble 

HOW TO MAKE CERAMIC CHARACTER DOLLS and their accessories

by Sylvia Becker

THE DOLLS' HOUSE BOOK 

by Pauline Flick (pic of inside page)

OLD TOYS

by Pauline Flick

DOLLS' HOUSES Furniture and Decoration 

by Pauline Flick & Valerie Jackson (pic of inside page)

THE LITTLE DOLL ARTIST

by Beverly Parker

DOLLS' HOUSE DOLLS 1850-1900

by Magdalena Byfield

2 days later , on 29th April 2010,  I received Parcel 2. Apparently everyone was surprised including the staff at the post office in the UK. Parcel 2 had the rarer and more expensive books:

MINIATURE INTERIORS- Inspirational Interiors for Dolls' Houses

by Nick Forder

DOLLS' HOUSES -Domestic life and architectural styles in miniature 

from the 17th century to the present day

by  Olivia Bristol and Leslie Geddes-Brown (one of my favourite)

Make and Clothe Your Own DOLL'S HOUSE DOLLS

by Ellen Bedington

JUMEAU -Prince of Dolls

by Constance Eileen King (Pic of inside page)

And then we waited and waited and waited. More than four months later , Parcel 1 arrived today. I am so happy because this parcel has my favourite: 

DOLLS & DOLLS' HOUSES 

by Roger Baker

DOLLS' HOUSES -THE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE

by Valerie Jackson Douet

DOLLS AND DOLLS' HOUSES 

by Constance Eileen King

LETT'S GUIDE TO COLLECTING DOLLS

by Kerry Taylor

Thank you Sandra. I will love and treasure these books.  I am keeping them all in one place and they will collectively be known as The Sandra Morris Collection.