The Doll ; text by Carl Fox; photographs by H. Landshoff.

New York : Harry N. Abrams, Publisher, 1977., 1977. Fair. 343 pp. ; illustrated (partly in color) ; 28 x 30 cm. ; ISBN: 0810900785; 9780810900783 ; LC: NK4893; Dewey: 745.59/22 ; OCLC: 228430669 ; LCCN: 77-160218 ; text by Carl Fox; photographs by H. Landshoff. ; A sample of some of the 191 plates : Wax-over-composition doll -- Pennsylvania Dutch "hex" doll -- Bisque doll -- Wooden dolls -- Ceresota cutout rag boy doll -- Cutout rag Merrie Marie -- "Gingerbread" terra-cotta doll -- Brownie dolls -- Shoshone Indian doll -- Wooden doll -- Woolen dolls -- Black-faced cotton dolls -- Bisque dolls with papier-mache bodies -- Jumeau talking bebes -- Kestner bisque doll -- Painted rag "Philadelphia" babies -- Steiner bisque dolls -- Doll with wax-over-composition head. ; red satin cloth with gold lettering ; several color plates are tipped-in, others fold out ; NOTE: first signature loose ; "We offer you a gallery of doll portraits drawn in time, place and cultural history. They are images of mankind that confront you with unblinking eyes, whe rein you may find the mirror of beauty, memory and childhood grace. The reflections are multiple, pleasant, and even perverse. What we strive for is a talisman for memories, a conjuration to evoke for you some feeling of innocence, delight, and mystery. Perhaps the greatest single attraction of the doll is its almost magical power to engulf the viewer and lift him out of himself into the doll's world..." -- Preface ; large, heavy volume ; FAIR