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Barbie's Queer Accessories Rand, Eric
Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. Duke University Press 1995 082231620x / 9780822316206 Soft Cover Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
Duke University Press, Durham, 1995. Scarce copy signed by author on title page as follows: "10/05 Happy Accessories [signed] Erica Rand". Soft cover. Book is in Very Good+ condition: light edge wear; spine slightly cocked; binding is tight and pages are clean and bright; book apparently unread -- spine is uncreased. From the publisher: "She’s skinny, white, and blond. She’s Barbie -- an icon of femininity to generations of American girls. She’s also multiethnic and straight -- or so says Mattel, Barbie’s manufacturer. But, as Barbie’s Queer Accessories demonstrates, many girls do things with Barbie never seen in any commercial. Erica Rand looks at the corporate marketing strategies used to create Barbie’s versatile (She’s a rapper! She’s an astronaut! She’s a bride!) but nonetheless premolded and still predominantly white image. Rand weighs the values Mattel seeks to embody in Barbie -- evident, for example, in her improbably thin waist and her heterosexual partner -- against the naked, dyked out, transgendered, and trashed versions favored by many juvenile owners and adult collectors of the doll. Rand begins by focusing on the production and marketing of Barbie, starting in 1959, including Mattel’s numerous tie-ins and spin-offs. These variations, which include the much-promoted multiethnic Barbies and the controversial Earring Magic Ken, helped make the doll one of the most profitable toys on the market. In lively chapters based on extensive interviews, the author discusses adult testimony from both Barbie 'survivors' and enthusiasts and explores how memories of the doll fit into women’s lives. Finally, Rand looks at cultural reappropriations of Barbie by artists, collectors, and especially lesbians and gay men, and considers resistance to Barbie as a form of social and political activism. Illustrated with photographs of various interpretations and alterations of Barbie, this book encompasses both Barbie glorification and abjection as it testifies to the irrefutably compelling qualities of this bestselling toy. Anyone who has played with Barbie -- or, more importantly, thought or worried about playing with Barbie -- will find this book fascinating."
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15.00 USD
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Bully: An Adventure With Teddy Roosevelt Alden, Jerome
New York, New York, U.S.A. Crown Publishers 1979 0517537877 / 9780517537879 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Inscribed By Author
Crown Publishers, New York, 1979. Inscribed by author to actor Gedde Watanabe as follows: "To Gedde: a 'bully bully' actor - as well as a double-bully person. best, Jerry, Jerome Alden, 5/11/86". Includes a laid-in letter from the author to Gedde Wantanabe in which Alden refers to Wantanabe's role in an upcoming pilot film (which was 'Gung Ho' released in 1986) and speaks of Wantanabe's singing. Book is in Very Good condition: some edge wear; chip on corner of front cover; fading on cover; spine is uncreased. From the rear cover: "Here is the text of the brilliant one-man play that captures the essence of Theodore Roosevelt. James Whitmore's performance ranges from Teddy's emotional reaction to his oldest son's death on the battlefield to his deep involvement in politics to his emphasis on physical fitness to his confrontation with a huge bear to his famous charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba....Bully is a graphic and expansive portrait of the man, showing his family life, his deep attachment to his wife and children, his sickly childhood, his warm friendships, and his reaction to the creation of the Teddy bear."
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31.50 USD
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Christmas of 1988 Something for Everyone Alexander Gallery
New York Alexander Gallery 1988 Hard Cover Very Good+ No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
167 pages. High end collectibles, with description, price, and color photo of each item. Chapter headings are: Costumes (including Judy Garland dress from the Wizard of Oz, Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable clothing from Gone with the Wind), Disneyana (including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Pluto items), Animation, Toys (including Aster Big Boy Live Steam Locomotive, White Ives Train Set, Fulgurex Scale Model Brass Locomotives), Rock and Roll Memorabilia (John Lennon sketch book, Beatles Unpublished Photos), Baseball Cards (Honus Wagner, Tops '52), Golf, Fishing, Furniture, Folk Art, Weathervanes, African, American Indian Artifacts (includes 16 different items), Ledger Drawings, Pre-Columbian, Historial Items, Netsuke, Antique Firearms, Medals, Miniatures, Coins, Bills, Stamps, Furniture, Old Masters, Paintings, Jewelry. Book is in Very Good+ condition - some edge wear and cloth boards show some wear. Interior is bright and clean. No dust jacket.
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7.20 USD
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Harvey Sadow: Toward a Vessel Aesthetic; Ceramic Works 1968-1988 Sadow, Harvey; William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut, U.S.A. William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut 1988 091838639x / 9780918386397 Limited Edition Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1988. 72 pages. Limited edition of 3,000 copies. Oblong, measuring 8-1/2" high by about 10" wide. Catalog is in Very Good condition - crease in lower corner through most of catalog; top and bottom of spine chipped and rubbed; edge wear; binding is tight and pages are clean and bright. Catalog of an exhibition 3/21/88 - 5/22/88. Includes essays "Harvey Sadow - An Intimate Vision" by Jay Lacouture; "Man as Vessel - Mud as Metaphor" by Hildegard Cummings. 24 full-page color plates plus b/w illustrations.
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13.05 USD
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New Tiffany Table Patterns Loring, John
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Doubleday Canada, Limited 1986 0385237588 / 9780385237581 Soft Cover Very Good+ 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
230 pages. Book is in Very Good+ condition - light edge wear and corner wear. From the rear cover: "Both imagination and vitality abound in this magnificaent and eclectic collection of table arrangements for the most diverse occasions. In this elegant bestseller - appearing for the first time in paperback -- some seventy internationally recognized personalities and designers share their ideas with Tiffany & Co. for bringing magic and enchantment to a formal dinner party...an office lunchy...a back porch suppeor...or breakfast in bed."
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10.35 USD
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The American Life Collector
American Life Foundation 1969 Soft Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
American Life Foundation, 1969. Title on wraps is "The American Life Collectors' Annual Articles of Lasting Significance". Print on spine says "The Collectors' Annual volume 1".
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10.00 USD
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The Trousseau of Blondinette Davranche A Huret Doll and her Wardrobe, 1862-1867 Theriault, Florence
Annapolis, MD, U.S.A. Gold Horse Publishing 1994 Hard Copy Near Fine Near Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Gold Horse Publishing, Annapolis, 1994. Book is in Near Fine condition. Dust jacket is in Near Very Good condition: several closed tears on edges, one 2-1/2" long, one 1-1/8" long, one 7/8" long, and one 1/4" long. Laid in is a page of Prices Realized for Auction at Le Meridien Hotel, Newport Beach on 01/06/95.
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135.00 USD
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