The Beswick Animals: A Charlton Standard Catalogue was released September 1st, 2005, just one year after the release of the 7th edition. This underlines the collectors demand for information on the animals produced by the John Beswick Studio, which was situated in Longton, Staffordshire, England. Written by four experts in the field, Marilyn and Peter Sweet on horses and dogs, and Diana and John Callow on birds, cats, farm animals, fish, et.al., this guide is the most informative on the market today. Readers will discover over 700 illustrations complete with model number, designer, size, colour, dates of manufacture and varieties, plus a handy cross-referencing index in this easy-to-use guide. Recent discoveries have been added to bring this catalogue up-to-date. This book is a must for every Beswick collector. One of the more interesting discoveries is H260 Hunter, with the tail attached, vs. the more common ‘tail not attached? which contrary to this catalogue, is the scarcer of t
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