Barbie Coffee Table Book - Pink

The Barbie Coffee Table Book celebrates the history of the iconic doll on her sixty-fifth birthday, authored by award-winning writer and professor Susan Shapiro. It features never-before-seen visuals alongside facts covering Barbie's many forms — her outfits, professions, and evolving identities across nationalities, ethnicities, and body types. The hardcover collectible traces the cultural and social significance of the doll since her creation by Ruth Handler, founder of Mattel.

Celebrate the toy world’s most iconic star with this irresistible coffee table book by Assouline, dedicated to the fantastic history of the legendary doll on her sixty-fifth birthday. So much more than a doll, Barbie is a cultural icon, a slice of social history, a promise. She’s magnetic and magic, and since her creation by feminist founder of LA toy company Mattel, Ruth Handler, over a billion of her have sold worldwide, in multiple nationalities, ethnicities and body types. Enter into the gorgeous world of this collectible queen, and meet her in many forms — her different outfits, professions, lives — as she continues to inspire and subvert in the pages of this desirable book authored by award-winning writer and professor Susan Shapiro, replete with facts and never-before-seen visuals.