Magic Land of Toys | 
 enlarge | Author: Alberto Manguel
Creator: Michel Pintado
Publisher: Vendome Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 962675
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 211
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 12 x 9.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0865651760
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.59207444361
EAN: 9780865651760
ASIN: 0865651760
Publication Date: October 1, 2006
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Here is an unusual, charming book of toys, games, and childrens literature, written by the author of The Dictionary of Imaginary Places. More than 500 rare and beautiful toys from the renowned collection of Paris Musée des Arts Décoratifs are photographed by Michel Pintado in tableaux of childrens playrooms from 1870 to the present. These unearthly photographs amusing, moving, intriguing, and at times, terrifyingalternate with text by Alberto Manguel that mingles the real and the imaginary, truth and fiction, retelling both well-known and obscure childrens stories.
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Nostalgic, culturally inspiring, and an outstanding tribute November 6, 2006
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Enhanced with more than 600 full color illustrations (including 86 double-page spreads), "Magic Land Of Toys" compiled and with commentary by anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist, editor and author Alberto Manguel is a 256-page coffee table masterpiece showcasing and celebrating Parisian The Musee des Arts Decoratifs fabulous collection of over twelve thousand toys, making it one of the finest in the world. "Magic Land Of Toys" offers fascinating samples of toys that have entertained children over many generations and includes dolls, trains, wooden figures, stuffed animals, trucks, cars, little dishes and utensils, and even video game consoles. This one hundred year retrospective is nostalgic, culturally inspiring, and an outstanding tribute to yesteryear childhoods. "Magic Land Of Toys" would especially make a popular and appropriate selection for a community library's Memorial Acquisition Fund.
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