Little big world [[electronic resource] ] : collecting Louis Marx and the American fifties / / Jeffrey Hammond
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Safe Driver A. D. I
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| Titolo: |
Little big world [[electronic resource] ] : collecting Louis Marx and the American fifties / / Jeffrey Hammond
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| Pubblicazione: | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (137 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 688.7/2097309045 |
| Soggetto topico: | Toys - United States |
| Toys - Collectors and collecting - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Middle West Social life and customs 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The prospero of Fifth Avenue -- Animal husbandry -- No time like the present -- Little big world -- Left-handed Jesus -- Getting and spending -- Collecting myself. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Jeffrey Hammond's Little Big World: Collecting Louis Marx and the American Fifties is the story of a middle-aged man's sudden compulsion to collect the toys of his childhood: specifically themed playsets produced by the Louis Marx Toy Company. Hammond never made a conscious decision to become a collector of any kind, so he was surprised when his occasional visits to web sites turned into hours spent gazing at, and then impulsively purchasing, the tiny plastic people and animals in the Civil War set, the Fort Apache set, Roy Rogers Ranch, and Happi-Time Farm; just a few of the dozens of playset |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Little big world |
| ISBN: | 1-58729-943-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458166103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Sightline books.