I'm glad I got this book reduced, because for an "ultimate guide", it sure skimps out on the details. The book does not spend as much time on the vintage parts of the company as it does on the modern era. (AG fans will know what I mean when I say that it focuses more on the Mattel days than the pre-purchase PC days.) Whenever possible, the book uses modern stock pictures of dolls instead of previous ones, even in the older sections of the book. The part that really bums me out though is that there are very few pictures of the retired American Girl of Today/Just Like You dolls. One of my favorite dolls has zero stock images on the internet due to being one of the first ever retired, so I was hoping she'd get one in here. Nope. :( ( )