The Art of Walt Disney by Feild, Robert D - 1947

Collins, London, 1947. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Walt Disney . foreword by author and index. Black and white photographic frontispiece – of a young Walt Disney. The text is illustrated with black-and-white and occasional coloured cartoons in progress and occasional coloured finished cartoon cel. Cream coloured cloth covered boards with orange and brown coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper with black, yellow, white and red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. An early book on the art of Walt Disney, not so much a biography of the man himself, but more how the ideas for his cartoons evolve – including some insights on the making of Fantasia, Snow White and Pinocchio for example.  Softening of the back strip edges and bumping of the lower book corners. Rubbing of the book edges and panels and there is scattered foxing to the front panel and back strip. Offset tanning to the end pages along with foxing and there is a few foxing spots to the first few and last few pages of the book. Age toning and light foxing of the text block edges, age toning of the pages. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the back strip edges. Rubbing and creasing of the dustwrapper edge and there is 1/2 inch tear to the top right-hand corner of the front panel. Some scrapes to the front panel and there is three cornered tear three quarters of the way down the panel. Rubbing of the dust wrapper with a piece missing to the top right-hand corner of the rear panel and a 1.25" tear to the lower right-hand corner of the same page. Some splits along the dustwrapper creases and there is foxing to top browning and foxing to the verso.  Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [5], VI - XV, [1], 290 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Walt Disney . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Film, Radio & Television; Cartoons; United States; Animation. Inventory No: 0127631. . THIS BOOK WEIGHS OVER 1KG WITHOUT PACKING AND EXTRA POST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR COSTS BEFORE YOU ORDER, THANK YOU.