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Timeless Toys: Classic Toys & The Playmakers Who Created Them
de Walsh, Tim
- Usado
- as new
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0740755714
- ISBN 13
- 9780740755712
- Librería
-
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Kansas City: Andrew McMeel Publishing, 2005. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xii 298 pages, profusely illustrated. Oveseas customers please note the book is very heavy and will attract addidional postage. "The book Why Didn't I Think of That! Includes the passage "If a toy has magic, when people see it they say, 'Oooh! What is that?' ... It appeals to the kid in everybody." That same kind of magic captures "the kid in everybody" when they pick up Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them. Timeless Toys represents one of the finest documentaries and displays of modern toys ever written. Author Tim Walsh, a successful toy inventor himself, reveals a world of commerce, toys, and wonder that is equally fun, fascinating, and nostalgic. Readers of every age and background will find it impossible to pick up this book, turn a few pages, and not become spellbound by its insightful stories and the personal memories that the text and 420 brilliantly colored photographs bring forth. Slinky, Lego, Tonka trucks, Monopoly, Big Wheel, Frisbee, Hula Hoop, Super Ball, Scrabble, Barbie, Radio Flyer Wagons: All of these and many, many more are featured in this fascinating tome, along with the toys' histories, insider profiles, and rare interviews with toy industry icons. It's simply magic!" (Publisher)
Sinopsis
'Toyland, Toyland / Little girl and boy land / Childhood's joyland / Mystic, merry Joyland! Once you pass its borders / You can ne'er return again.' Actually, here's your chance: In Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them , Tim Walsh provides a fascinating look at our collective toy chest." -Washingtonpost.com More about Timeless Toys The book Why Didn't I Think of That! includes the passage "If a toy has magic, when people see it they say, 'Oooh! What is that?' . . . It appeals to the kid in everybody." That same kind of magic captures "the kid in everybody" when they pick up Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them. Timeless Toys represents one of the finest documentaries and displays of modern toys ever written. Author Tim Walsh, a successful toy inventor himself, reveals a world of commerce, toys, and wonder that is equally fun, fascinating, and nostalgic. Readers of every age and background will find it impossible to pick up this book, turn a few pages, and not become spellbound by its insightful stories and the personal memories that the text and 420 brilliantly colored photographs bring forth. Slinky, Lego, Tonka trucks, Monopoly, Big Wheel, Frisbee, Hula Hoop, Super Ball, Scrabble, Barbie, Radio Flyer Wagons: All of these and many, many more are featured in this fascinating tome, along with the toys' histories, insider profiles, and rare interviews with toy industry icons. It's simply magic! Vote for your favorite toy and be part of VH1's "I Love Toys," a show currently in production, set to air next spring. It will be a five-hour toyathon on the top 100 toys of all time. Click here to vote for your favorite toy of all time!
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Detalles
- Librería
- Good Reading Second Hand Books
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 019537
- Título
- Timeless Toys: Classic Toys & The Playmakers Who Created Them
- Autor
- Walsh, Tim
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- As New
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0740755714
- ISBN 13
- 9780740755712
- Editorial
- Andrew McMeel Publishing
- Lugar de publicación
- Kansas City
- Fecha de publicación
- 2005
- Tamaño
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Palabras clave
- History of Toys Board Games
Términos de venta
Good Reading Second Hand Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
Sobre el vendedor
Good Reading Second Hand Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2008
Benalla, Victoria
Sobre Good Reading Second Hand Books
Good Reading operates from a house, which is all bookshop, and holds approximately 35,000 titles. It is open by appointment only.Benalla is a country town two and a half hours north of Melbourne on both the Hume and the Midland Highway.
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