Past Joys. Publ. in Association with Robert Briggs.

Gutes Ex.; Einband etwas berieben. - Mit zahlreichen Fotos. - In englischer Sprache. - Blechautos; Flugzeuge; Schiffe; Zeppelin; Tiere. // In Past Joys Ken Botto has done more than give us back the old toys off the scrap heap. Practically putting our own lost toys into our hands, he's taken them out of the dustless cases of the collector. He's played with them again and put them back into the world they came from- America between the two huge wars. He's had fun with the toys: surrounding them with sunlight and shade, color and texture; doing tricks with mirrors and scale; telling us jokes. In Past Joys it's still possible to tell the good guys from the bad, to swap for the 1934 Silver Arrow, to fight a just battle, and to win the heart of the girl of your dreams. Ken Botto says that these toys came from the Golden Age of toymaking when playing was still supposed to be fun and didn't haye to be "educational." We say that this book itself is a toy and that still there is something to be learned from it: it takes a serious satirical look at the way our new world has become; it tells us about a world that once was, during a time of bright light and hope and deepening shadows. These toys came out of the heart of our country: They are America's past; America's joys. (Verlagstext) ISBN 087701115X