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1981 Disney Animation The Illusion of Life First Deluxe Edition Third Print

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Category:

Books

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Only one in stock, order soon

Condition:

Used

Country/Region of Manufacture:

Japan

Character/Story/Theme:

Pinocchio Mickey Snow Dumbo Peter Alice Cinderella

Book Title:

Disney Animation The Illusion of Life

Publisher:

Abbeville Press

Franchise:

Disney

Item Depth:

2 in

Edition:

Deluxe Edition, 1st Edition, 3rd Printing

Brand:

Disney

Pages:

575 pages

Format:

Hardcover

Year:

1981

ISBN:

0-89659-232-2

Item Height:

11.25 in

Author:

Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston

Features:

First Edition, Third Printing, Mylar Dust Jacket

Item Weight:

109 oz

Item Width:

10.5 in

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Item number:

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UP FOR SALE: 1994 Disney's Snow White And the Seven Dwarfs An Art In Its Making 1st Edition ***This listing is for the identical item shown in photos*** The authors, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, worked with Walt Disney himself as well as other leading figures in a half-century of Disney films. They personally animated leading characters in most of the famous films and have decades of close association with the others who helped perfect this extremely difficult and time-consuming art form. Not to be mistaken for just a "how-to-do-it," this voluminously illustrated volume (like the classic Disney films themselves) is intended for everyone to enjoy. Besides relating the painstaking trial-and-error development of Disney's character animation technology, this book irresistibly charms us with almost an overabundance of the original historic drawings used in creating some of the best-loved characters in American culture: Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, Snow White and Bambi (among many, many others) as well as early sketches used in developing memorable sequences from classic features such as Fantasia and Pinocchio. The book answers everybody's question about how the amazingly lifelike effects of Disney character animation were achieved, including charming stories of the ways that many favorite animated figures got their unique personalities. From the perspective of two men who had an important role in shaping the art of animation, and within the context of the history of animation and the growth of the Disney studio, this is the definitive volume on the work and achievement of one of America's best-known and most widely loved cultural institutions. Nostalgia and film buffs, students of popular culture, and that very broad audience who warmly responds to the Disney "illusion of life" will find this book compelling reading (and looking!). Product Features Sold as Used / Pre-Owned First Edition, Third Printing 575 pages Hardback with Dust Jacket 11OE" H x 10oe" W x 2" D Weight: 109 oz 489 Plates in Full Color Thousands of Black and White Illustrations The 1981 edition published by Abbeville Press (ISBN 0896592332) used better quality paper and consequently possessed higher image quality than either the 1988 edition or the revised edition from 1995 (published by Disney's Hyperion with the inverted title) PLEASE REFER TO ALL PHOTOS FOR A BETTER VISUAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM *Vintage and secondhand items may have flaws. Please review item(s), description and picture(s). I do my best to research and describe the items accurately, but I am not an expert on all of the items I sell. Unless specified in the listing, all items are sold AS-IS AS-SEEN in photos* All of My Items Come from a Smoke Free Home and have been cleaned per's standards I do Ship everyday Monday - Saturday I am always happy to combine shipping for you--just send me a message Feel Free to Visit My Store and Browse Through My Other Listings as I am happy to combine shipping for you. Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up! If you have any further questions, please feel free to message me Any props that are used in the taking of the photos are not included. Only the item/items in the title of the listings are being sold