Magic land of toys / by Alberto Manguel ; photography, Michel Pintado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manguel, Alberto.

Contributor:

Pintado, Michel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musée des arts décoratifs (France).

Toys--History--19th century--Catalogs.

Toys--History--20th century--Catalogs.

Toys--France--Paris--Catalogs.

Musée des arts décoratifs (France)--Catalogs.

Toys.

History.

France--Paris.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

approximately 207 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Vendome Press, 2006.

Summary:

Here is an unusual, charming book of toys, games, and children's literature, written by the author of "The Dictionary of Imaginary Places." More than 500 rare and beautiful toys from the renowned collection of Paris' Musie des Arts Dicoratifs are photographed by Michel Pintado in tableaux of children's playrooms from 1870 to the present. These unearthly photographs -- amusing, moving, intriguing, and at times, terrifying -- alternate with text by Alberto Manguel that mingles the real and the imaginary, truth and fiction, retelling both well-known and obscure children's stories.

Contents:

Antique bisque dolls and circus toys

World War II figures

Shirley Temple dolls

Star Wars and Harry Potter.

ISBN:

0865651760

OCLC:

70045964

Publisher Number:

9780865651760