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Walt Disney Deems Taylor Fantasia

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Walt Disney Deems Taylor Fantasia
<B>[Walt Disney]. Deems Taylor. </B></I><B><I>Walt Disney's Fantasia</B></I></B></I><B>.</B></I> With a Foreword by Leopold Stokowski. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. <BR>First edition. Boldly signed by Walt Disney in gray crayon on the title-page. Folio (12.5 x 9.3125 inches; 316 x 237 mm.). 157, [1] pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white (including sixteen tipped-in color illustrations). Title-page printed in red, black, and blue.<BR><BR>Bound by The Chelsea Bindery (stamp-signed in silver on the front turn-in) in full navy blue morocco with front cover and spine lettered in rainbow foil. Board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins decoratively ruled in silver, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Occasional light foxing and soiling. Otherwise a fine copy.<BR><BR>"In a profession that has been an unending voyage of discovery in the realms of color, sound and motion, <I>Fantasia </B></I>represents our most exciting adventure. At last, we have found a way to use in our medium the great music of all times and the flood of new ideas which it inspires. Perhaps Bach and Beethoven are strange bedfellows for Mickey Mouse, but it's all been a lot of fun, and I want to thank Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor and all my co-workers for holding my head up when the water got too deep. Walt Disney" page [8].<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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