Small Wonder : Worlds in a Box
Levinthal, David
ISBN 10: 1881616398 ISBN 13: 9781881616399
Published by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 1994
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In Small Wonder: Worlds in a Box, David Levinthal takes as his subject a remarkable series of 1950s playsets manufactured by master toymakers Louis Marx and T. Cohn. As a reflection of the obsessive play of the 1950s and the current nostalgia for such items, Levinthal's tabletop photography allows the reader a bird's-eye view of imaginary tableaux - Legionnaire Captain Gallant in the desert, Fort Apache and the Wild West, boy scouts camping in the woods, and travelers making a stop at a roadside Howard Johnson's. Playset vignettes are like stills from a movie of American popular culture's collective unconscious.
In the book's introduction, David Corey explores the history of playsets and their effect on American children in the 1950s.
About the Author: David Corey is a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Brooklyn College.
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Title: Small Wonder : Worlds in a Box
Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Soft cover
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Soft Wraps. Condition: Fine. David Levinthal (illustrator). A FINE, bright, clean, tight, collector-worthy copy sans flaws. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED in full color photography. In "Small Wonder: Worlds in a Box," David Levinthal takes as his subject a remarkable series of 1950s playsets manufactured by master toymakers Louis Marx and T. Cohn. As a reflection of the obsessive play of the 1950s and the current nostalgia for such items, Levinthal's tabletop photography allows the reader a bird's-eye view of imaginary tableaux-Legionnaire Captain Galland in the desert, Fort Apache and the Wild West, boy scouts camping in the woods, and travelers making a stop at a roadside Howard Johnson's. Playset vignettes are like stills from a movie of American popular culture's collective unconscious." 160 pages. "In the book's introduction, David Corey explores the history of playsets and their effect on American children in the 1950s. Playsets transformed visual culture, he says, much like Walt Disney did with the creation of Disneyland". LBCMD2. Seller Inventory # 008721
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Photos by David Levinthal (illustrator). Paperback 1996. Flat spine. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref P30. David Levinthal: American Scene Small Wonder World in a Box by David Corey. Published by National Museum of American Art. Seller Inventory # 008226
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Small Wonder - Worlds in a Box. With Text by David Corey.
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David Levinthal: Small Wonders (American Scene (Washington, D.C.), 4,)
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. 160 pages. Survey of the American photographer's reconstructed visions of 'the American scene' as recreated from the toy sets of Louis Marx and T. Cohn. Introduction by Merry A. Foresta and Steve Dietz; text by Corey; includes biographical chronology. Signed and inscribed by Levinthal in black ink on half-title page, June 27, 1997; with additional holograph note of the artist on personal printed stationery (medium stock), signed ('David') also in black ink and dated June 27, 1997. Slight rubbing to wrappers; else a nearly new copy as issued, with a fine inscription.Levinthal, David (photographer); Over 200 Color & b/w Illustrations (chiefly photographs). Seller Inventory # L049095