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Madame Alexander Doll Books

There has been a lot written about Madame Alexander and her dolls. Investing in some reliable doll books is a good way to learn about the dolls of the Alexander Doll Company. Other good sources of information are doll magazines, ADC catalogs, and the Madame Alexander Doll Club Reviews.  Keep in mind that all books are excellent reference sources, but some may contain errors.

Books

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Title: Madame Alexander Collector’s Dolls
Price Guide #25
Author: Linda Crowsey
Publisher: Collector Books (2000), various years
Softbound, (8 1/2" x 11")

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Title:  Madame Alexander Store Exclusives and Limited Editions : Identification & Values
Author: Linda Crowsey
Publisher: Collector Books (2000), various years
Softbound, (8 1/2" x 11")

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Title: A. Glenn Mandeville's Alexander Dolls 3rd Collector's Price Guide
Author: Glenn Mandeville
Publisher: Hobby House Press, 2000
Softbound (8" x 11") 128 pages, color photographs, dolls listed alphabetically by year with values

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Title:  Madame Alexander Dolls, An American Legend
Author: Stephanie Finnegan, Walter Pfeiffer (Photographer), Lia Sargent
Publisher: Portfolio Press, 1999

Madame Alexander Dolls, An American Legend

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Title: Madame Alexander Dolls Collector’s
Price Guide
Author: Glenn Mandeville
Publisher: Hobby House Press, 1995
Softbound (6" x 9") 128 pages, color photographs, dolls listed alphabetically by year with values

Madame Alexander Dolls Collector’s by Glenn Mandeville

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Title: The Collector’s Encyclopedia of MA Dolls,
1965-1990
Author: Patricia Smith
Publisher: Collector Books, 1991
Hardbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 254 pages, color photographs with doll descriptions

The Collector’s Encyclopedia of MA Dolls by Smith

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Title: The Legendary Dolls of Madame Alexander
Author: Cynthia Gaskill
Publisher: Theriault's Gold Horse Publishing, 1995
Softbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 96 pages with over 180 color photographs, Examples of dolls from 1944-1965

The Legendary Dolls of Madame Alexander

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Title: Madame Alexander Collector’s Dolls
Price Guide
Author: Linda Crowsey
Publisher: Collector Books, various years
Softbound, (8 1/2" x 11")

Madame Alexander Collector Dolls Price Guide

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Books - Out of Print - 

These books are excellent reference books and can sometimes be found on eBay or other online auctions and also at out-of-print book stores.

Title: A Certain Style,
The Fashionable Dolls of Madame Alexander
Author: Cynthia Gaskill
Publisher: Theriault'sGold Horse Publishing, 1996
Softbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 136 Pages, 228 color photographs with doll descriptions (Dolls were sold at Auction-Sutton Place Hotel, Newport Beach on 1/05/97

A Certain Style

Title: Alexander Catalog Reprints, Volume 1
Author: Barbara McKeon
Publisher: Barbara Jo McKeon, nd

 

Title: Alexander Catalog Reprints, Volume 2
Author: Barbara McKeon
Publisher: Barbara Jo McKeon, nd

 

Title: Alexander Catalog Reprints, Volume 3
Author: Barbara McKeon
Publisher: Barbara Jo McKeon, nd

Title: Alexander’s Rag Line
Author: Marsha Hunter
Publisher:  Hunter Printing Company, 1982
Title: American Dolls from the Post-War Era, 1945-1965
Author: Florence Theriault
Publisher: Theriault's Gold Horse Publishing, 1993
Softbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 55 pages,  A photo-survey of 150 collectible dolls with description and price key. 80 color photographs

American Dolls from the Post-War Era, 1945-1965

Title: Celebrity Doll Journal, 1968-1976
Author: Lorraine Burdick
Title: Classic Plastic, American Dolls 1945-1965
Author: Cynthia Gaskill
Publisher: Theriault's Gold Horse Publishing, 1996
Softbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 88 pages, Identification and value guide to more than 300 rare dolls in their original costumes.  150 color photographs

Classic Plastic, American Dolls 1945-1965

Title: Madame Alexander Collector’s Dolls
Price Guide
Author: Patricia Smith
Publisher: Collector Books, various years
Title: Madame Alexander Collector’s Dolls, Vol. 1
Author: Patricia Smith
Publisher: Collector Books, 1978
Hardbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 314 pages, black and white photographs (16 page center section of color photographs) Doll descriptions, listings from Alexander Doll catalogs 1949-1977

Madame Alexander Collector’s Dolls, Vol. 1

Title: Madame Alexander Collector’s Dolls, Vol. 2
Author: Patricia Smith
Publisher: Collector Books, 1981
Hardbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 221 pages, black and white photographs (center section with 32 pages of color photographs)

Madame Alexander Collector’s Dolls, Vol. 2

Title: Madame Alexander's American Beauties, Their descriptions and values
Editied by: Florence Theriault
Publisher: Gold Horse Publishing, 1983
Softbound (8 1/2" x 11") 177 pages, color and black and white photographs

Madame Alexander's American Beauties, Their descriptions and values

Title: Madame Alexander Dolls Made with Love
Author: Marjorie Uhl
Publisher: Collector Books

Madame Alexander Dolls Made with Love

Title: Madame Alexander Dolls on Review
Author: Marjorie Uhl
Publisher: Collector Books, 1981
Madame Alexander Dolls on Review
Title: Madame Alexander Dolls Value Guide,
1st Edition
Author: Glenn Mandeville
Publisher: Hobby House Press, 1994
Softbound (6" x 9") 128 pages, color photographs, dolls listed alphabetically by year with values

Madame Alexander Dolls Value Guide

Title: Madame Alexander Ladies of Fashion
Author: Marjorie Uhl
Publisher: Collector Books, 1979
Hardbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 164 pages, color photographs with doll descriptions

Madame Alexander ladies of fashion

Title: Madame Alexander Little People
Author: Margie Biggs
Publisher: Image Printing, 1979
Hardbound, 158 pages, color photographs and descriptions of dolls

Madame Alexander Little People

Title: More American Dolls
from the Post-War Era, 1945-1965
Author: Cynthia Gaskill
Publisher: Gold Horse Publishing, Dollmasters, 1993
Softbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 96 pages, More than 350 dolls and costumes are identified and photographed in full color.  Rarity features noted and price key.   76 color photographs
Title: Rare and Hard to Find
Madame Alexander Collector's Dolls
Author: Barbara McKeon
Publisher: Barbara Jo McKeon, 1979
Hardbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 154 pages, color photographs

Rare and Hard to Find Madame Alexander Collector Dolls

Title: The Golden Age of American Dolls-1945-1965
Author: Cynthia Gaskill
Publisher: Gold Horse Publishing, Dollmasters, 1994
Softbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 72 pages with over 180 color photographs, Examples of dolls from 1944-1965

The Golden Age of American Dolls-1945-1965

Title: The Golden Age of Collectible Dolls-1945-1965
Author: Glenn Mandeville
Publisher: Hobby House Press, 1989
Hardbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 142 pages with over 101 color photographs

The Golden Age of Collectible Dolls-1945-1965 by Mandeville

Title: The Most Beautiful Dolls
Little Dolls, Volume 1
Author: Jane Thomas
Publisher: Neyenesch Printers, 1976
Softbound (6" x 9"), 148 pages, color photographs with doll descriptions

The Most Beautiful Dolls

Title: Treasury of Madame Alexander Dolls
Author: Jan Foulke
Publisher: Hobby House Press, 1979, 1983
Softbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 104 pages, black and white photographs with doll descriptions (3 pages of color photographs)

Treasury of Madame Alexander Dolls

Title: Wee Friends
Author: Ellie Watson
Title: World of Alexander-kins
Author: Patricia Smith
Publisher: Collector Books, 1985
Hardbound (8 1/2" x 11"), 192 pages, color photographs with doll descriptions

World of Alexanderkins

Videos

Title: Dionne Quintuplet Dolls,
An Alexander Exclusive, 1934-1939
Publisher: Video by Sirocco Productions
Title: Scarlett Dolls:
An Alexander Tradition, 1937-1991
Publisher: Video by Sirocco Productions
Title: The Coronation Story
Publisher: Video by Sirocco Productions
Title: The Doll Makers,
Women Entrepreneurs 1865-1945
Publisher: Video by Sirocco Productions

Doll Magazines

DollReader
DollReader, P.O. Box 420593, Palm Court, FL 32142-9009 (for subscriptions)
1 year subscription (nine issues): $29.95 for nine issues/ $38.95 Canadian/ $54.95 International/ Payment in U.S. funds.
1-800-829-3340 (US and Canadian) 904-446-6914 (International)
Deals with every aspect of doll collecting from antiques to contemporary to modern to artist to play dolls

Dolls, The Collector's Magazine
Dolls, P.O. Box 1972, Marion, OH 43306-2072 (for subscriptions)
1 year subscription (eight issues): $21.95. For International orders write: Dolls, 170 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10010
1-212-989-8700
Covers much the same as Doll Reader, but has a bit more emphasis on modern and artists dolls

Contemporary Doll Collector
Contemporary Doll Collector, Scott Publications, 30595 Eight Mile, Livonia, MI 48152-9905
1 year subscription (six issues): $19.90/ International: $25.90 (U. S. funds)
1-800-458-8237
Primary focus is still on the artist doll and contemporary dolls and covers some of the other doll areas

Doll World
Doll World, PO Box 9002, Big Sandy, Texas 75755-9932
1 year (six issues) $15.79 plus $1.98 delivery

Doll Collector's Price Guide
Doll Collector's Price Guide, P.O. Box 9013, Big Sandy, Texas 75755 (for subscriptions)
1 year (4 issues) $12.97 in U.S.A., $19.95 in Canada
1-800-829-5865

Organizations

Madame Alexander Doll Club   Publication: The Review
P.O. Box 330
Mundelein, IL 60060
(708) 949-9200
MADC Website

United Federation of Doll Clubs, Inc.
10920 N. Ambassador Dr., Suite 130
Kansas City, MO 64153
(816) 891-7040
UFDC Website

The Alexander Doll Company     Publication: Yearly Catalog
615 West 131st Street
New York, New York 10027
212-283-5900
Alexander Doll Company Website

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