​​​​​​​Behold The Valley of the Dolls

by David Mansour 

​Behold the Valley of the Dolls by David Mansour

Coming Soon! 

All the Barbies you can handle—and beyond! Eight years in the making, Behold the Valley of the Dolls pays tribute to over 40 years of Barbie, from 1959 to the early-2000s Y2K era. Flowing in chronological order, decade by decade, the book showcases 650 different dolls captured in hundreds of colorful one-of-a-kind portraits. Accompanying the photographs is a playful yet informative narrative, written by David Mansour—collector of 39 years, Barbie fan of 64 years—acclaimed as an “expert” for his extensive knowledge on the Barbie doll.  

Readers will find their favorite vintage dolls here to behold. As they gaze upon each they might question, who’s beholding who? 

   “You’ve got to climb to the top of Mt. Everest to reach the Valley of the Dolls” began Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls, the top-selling book of 1966. 

     Unlike Susann’s wildly popular novel, you won’t find the rise and fall of Hollywood starlets here—amidst pill-popping and booze-swigging, catfights and scandal. You will find however, dolls. 650 Barbie and Ken dolls—fabulously posed for the camera by an adoring collector who himself has gone totally beyond the Valley of the Dolls.  

“I’m not nutty, I am just hooked on dolls!”
~ Patty Duke as Neely O’Hara in Valley of the Dolls

    Before you make the climb to behold the Valley of the Dolls let’s start at the beginning…

All the Barbies you can handle—and beyond!