Woohoo.
Your truly has just been approached by Shire books (Osprey publishing) re writing and illustrating a 64 page book on Matchbox toys, It won't be the in depth anoraks guide to wheel tread counts and shade variations but a general about Matchbox toys book, I will let you know more as I find out more about it.
New Matchbox toys book
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New Matchbox toys book
Nick Jones.
In sunny Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, UK
In sunny Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, UK
Re: New Matchbox toys book
Nice one Nick, fingers crossed that it works out for you.nickjones wrote:Woohoo.
Your truly has just been approached by Shire books (Osprey publishing) re writing and illustrating a 64 page book on Matchbox toys, It won't be the in depth anoraks guide to wheel tread counts and shade variations but a general about Matchbox toys book, I will let you know more as I find out more about it.
John
There's nothing regular about wheels
There's nothing regular about wheels
Re: New Matchbox toys book
Great News Nick,
But how can you possibly cram all the history of Matchbox into a 64 page book?
Surely it will be bigger once you take into consideration the illustrations/Photographs that buyers would also expect to see.
But how can you possibly cram all the history of Matchbox into a 64 page book?
Surely it will be bigger once you take into consideration the illustrations/Photographs that buyers would also expect to see.
MOTORMAN
"Kill all my demons and my angels will die too"
"Kill all my demons and my angels will die too"
Re: New Matchbox toys book
Congrats Nick ! Sounds very promising and I'm sure it will be a project you enjoy.
Perhaps it will lead to further publications down the road.
Regards,
zBret
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Re: New Matchbox toys book
I hope you enjoy your experience. It is fun to go into the book store and see a book with your name on it.
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Thanks Guys,
Alex, It will be a 'Shires' book by Osprey publishing, They all have 64 pages.
Alex, It will be a 'Shires' book by Osprey publishing, They all have 64 pages.
Nick Jones.
In sunny Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, UK
In sunny Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, UK
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Re: New Matchbox toys book
Cool, we have a couple of these books already, one on Dinky toys, the other on horse brasses.
good little books. cant wait to get the Matchbox one!
Well done Nick.
good little books. cant wait to get the Matchbox one!
Well done Nick.
Re: New Matchbox toys book
I was in a book once.......Hey thats me with the sunglasses and beard taking a shot of Roger Clark in the 1976 RAC rally..It was Dec and very cold..
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Re: New Matchbox toys book
Well done Nick. That'll be a tough job condensing everything down to such a small number of pages! Will you stick to just RW's or do you have to cover everything?
I hope that at least one of your 64 pages will be a resources guide where you can put in links to the Variations Guide and this forum - plus all the many other valuable online sites in the Quicklinks section.
Martin
I hope that at least one of your 64 pages will be a resources guide where you can put in links to the Variations Guide and this forum - plus all the many other valuable online sites in the Quicklinks section.
Martin