LOVELY FIRST EDITION OF ‘THE ART OF ANIMATION’ INSCRIBED BY WALT DISNEY TO DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR’S DAUGHTER
[Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.’s Copy]. [Walt Disney]. Bob Thomas. The Art of Animation: The Story of the Disney Studio Contribution to a New Art. [New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958]. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed on the verso of the front free endpaper to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr’s. daughter, “To Melissa / with all best / wishes / Walt Disney”. Quarto. 181 pages. Publisher’s quarter gray cloth over illustrated paper boards. Bookplate of Fairbank, Jr. on front pastedown. Also included is the original lot card from the famous Doyle ‘Estate of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Sale’ on Sept. 13,2011. A very good copy.