"Jan Foulke has been credited for producing "the bible of doll collecting" by both USA Today and The Washington Post. Her extensive series of well written and masterfully researched price guides has become the gold standard for establishing doll values. Her latest guide is the most comprehensive volume to date. Extensively illustrated with detailed, full color photographs by her husband, Howard Foulke, this guide will become an indispensable aid for serious and novice collectors alike"--Publisher website (October 2007).

Doll collecting is the second-largest collectibles market today, with over $650 million per year spent on the hobby and over 400,000 readers of three major doll magazines.

The first ever identification and price guide to the popular babies from Lee Middleton Original Doll Inc. The book includes the My Own Baby Line, Club Exclusives and all-time favorites. Current values for the earliest dolls to the recent additions to the Middleton family are part of this price guide too. A delightful story about the bundles of joy personally designed by the late Lee Middleton Urick, and creatively carried on by Reva Schick. History of the company, and a peek inside the Belpre, Ohio, factory show how the talented Middleton team create "The Babies That Love You Back!" "TM" 216 color & 1 b/w photos.

The doll industry's bible has been updated with new information and more than 600 photographs, making it the most complete and up-to-date doll guide available.

Half-dolls became popular as a means for young girls to learn sewing techniques in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This guide features 315 colour photographs and is the result of years of research and will help collectors to identify and value their half-dolls.