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The Collectible Barbie Doll: An Illustrated Guide to Her Dreamy World

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"The Collectible Barbie Doll" is a fascinating read about the world's most-loved doll. From her early beginnings in 1959, through the sixties, right up to now, Barbie has been everything from Ken's girlfriend right through to an astronaut, covers every race from Caucasian to Japanese, and the hair to match. Fennick's book captures all of this, whether the reader wants an unabridged history of the world's most famous doll or just wants to see the wardrobe! This is THE book for the Barbie fan, and it is definitely one for the collector.

I have looked through this book and also bought another in the series.It is fantastic,and anyone who is still interested in Barbie at all should not hesitate-buy it today!!!! It reveals hundreds of Barbies from the beginning of her existence,and is so fascinating and you might even see one that you once owned.

The photography really makes this book: tons and tons of quality color images of Barbie dolls in great condition and spanning every decade. I was delighted to see my Malibu Barbie and Pretty Changes Barbie -- and even my childhood friend Julie's Barbies that I had completely forgotten about. It was great reminiscing. This is a nice, large, coffeetable book that contains a good collection of facts for the serious collector or just the casual researcher like me.

And illustrated it certainly is! This is the first Barbie doll book I had read and now I am hooked on her world. It tells her story from the beginning and brings it to the present day, all the while illustrating it with dolls from all eras. Although the 2nd edition (which is the one I read) is expanded, I would like to have seen a little more of the late 1980's-present. Overall, if you don't know much about Barbie and would like to find a place to start this book is it!