WONDERFUL BOOK FROM THE ESTATE OF DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR., ‘THE ART OF ANIMATION’, INSCRIBED BY WALT DISNEY TO FAIRBANKS’ YOUNGEST DAUGHTER
Incredible First edition First Printing of this definitive work on the animation of Walt Disney. [New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958]. Quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by Walt Disney opposite the title page to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.’s Daughter, “To Melissa / with all best / wishes / Walt Disney”. The recipient is the youngest daughter of swashbuckling golden age film star, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.’s amoral bookplate on the inside front cover. Comes with the original tag from the famous ‘Estate Of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.’ sale. A unique example. Bob Thomas roamed the Disney Studio, listening and conducting interviewing with the men who made the historic advances and innovations in animation. Watching the intricate processes by which a cartoon moves from the storyboard to the screen, the result is a remarkable tour behind the scenes of the magic we see on the screen.