Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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.

8 comments:

  1. Belli belli belli !!!! I think I have seen some of them on your shelves but I was too shy to take them and read. They were so neatly stucked and the room was so hurricaned ;o)) Next time (^_^) in 2012 or later...who knows. Have fun with your new toys. Rosanna

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  2. Amazing! It takes 3 days regular mail from New York to California and 3 WEEKS fro Canada ( Toronto) I wonder about California to Singapore? Beautiful collection , great story!!! CM

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  3. Well lucky you Sans! I am still waiting for two parcels that should have been here one last week and the other 2 weeks ago!:(
    Beautiful collection!

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  4. Great books Sans! I have a few of these and never tire of looking at my books of old doll's houses. Enjoy :)

    Victoria

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  5. I am so glad that the final parcel has arrived after all these months!
    Enjoy your books..... I'm pleased that they have gone to such a good home :-)
    Sandra

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  6. O Rosanna, you should have !!! Especially the ones on the old houses. Arghhh, I think I would have loved to just talk about the history and the old architecture with you from a European point of view. The one I really enjoy is on early domestic life. I am sure you could have shared with me many more juicy details.

    Carol, I am sure your parcel will be here. I can't wait to wrap my fingers around olde jim.

    Ewa, I waited 3 months for books from Amazon US!!!! And it's not because of our postal system.

    Sandra, the books are in good hands ;)!

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  7. Sans congratulations for the acquisition of these precious books, I have some of them because I´m also a doll collector, and I treasure them.
    Have a Happy New Year,
    Ana Maria

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  8. Sans ... Un maraviloso auto-regalo de Año Nuevo ... Son una verdadera joya... que los disfrutes !!!
    Mariajo

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