This book covers china, parian and bisque dolls made in Germany, France, Britain and Japan from about 1880 to 1930. It gives a short history of each doll maker, together with identification marks, numbers and styles. From the beautiful and elegant French Bebes to the wonderful bisque headed character dolls of the early decades of this century to the mass produced Japanese dolls of the 1930s, all can be found in this book, which for easier identification has been produced in alphabetical order, with cross references throughout.