(DISNEY, Walt.) SOLOMON, Charles.
The Art of Frozen. The Making of an Animated Film.
Oblong quarto. Original pictorial boards. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy, still wrapped in plastic from the publisher.
First edition, first printing. Picture book on the making of the animated film.
£125 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
A Mickey Mouse Alphabet Book.
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing, 1936
Octavo. Original illustrated boards. Disney Studio illustrations. Signature to front endpaper, wear to spine, rubbing to corners and ends of spine, minor bubbling to rear board. A very good copy.
First edition, first printing. A fun and quirky Disney item.
£250 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt) BARRIE, J. M.
Peter Pan Magic Paint Book.
London: Dean, 1952
Octavo. Original pictorial paper wraps. Pictures from the Walt Disney Film An excellent copy with all pages unused.
A scarce film tie-in paint book.
£275 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Bambi. Adapted from Felix Salten’s novel.
New York: Simon Schuster, 1941
Quarto. Original printed pictorial boards, green endpapers. With the dust jacket. Colour illustrations throughout by the Walt Disney Studio. Complete with the four separate pull out pages intact, lightly rubbed at corners and ends of spine, in the dust jacket with wear along extremities, closed tears to lower edge of rear panel. A very good copy.
First edition. A wonderfully illustrated picture book of this beloved children’s story.
£350 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
The Pop-Up Minnie Mouse.
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1933
Octavo. Original illustrated boards. Disney Studio illustrations and 3 double page colour pop-ups. Corners and ends of spine lightly bumped and rubbed, boards with mild soiling, spine with wear, pages with occasional spotting, pop-ups are bright and and in full working order. A very good copy.
First edition, first printing.
£375 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
London; Collins,
Quarto. Pictorial paper boards,red cloth spine, pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket. Walt Disney Studio illustrations from the film throughout in colour and black and white. Occasional light spotting to pages, ownership signature to front free endpaper, ends of spine with light bumping, in the dust jacket with mild spotting to panels,chip to top end of spine, shallow chipping to rear panel edges, closed tear extending from spine edge into rear panel, spine faded, paper backing strip to verso of top spine and front edge. A very good copy.
First edition, first UK printing. A picture based on the animated film. A scarce printing of this title.
£500 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt.)
Alice in Wonderland.A Punchout Book.
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1951
Folio. Original illustrated printed wraps. Mild wear to extremities, an excellent copy.
First edition, first printing. An obscure Disney title which features 8 pages of colour punch outs featuring scenes from the Disney animated film.
£575 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt
Boat Builders.
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1938
Oblong octavo. Original pictorial illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket. Walt disney studio illustrations throughout done in red and blue. Corners with light rubbing in the dust jacket with light spotting to panels, shallow chipping to lower front edge, a very bright copy.
First edition, first printing. Picture book featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy.
£600 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt.)
Pluto and the Puppy.
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1937
Square quarto. Original illustrated printed boards, pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket. colour and black and white illustrations throughout by the Disney Studios. Contemporary gift inscription to front pastedown. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed. An excellent copy in a jacket with lightly rubbed, nicked and creased extremities, a chip to top of rear panel, and a closed tear to front panel.
First edition, first printing. An obscure Disney title.
£600 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt) GRAHAME, Kenneth.
The Reluctant Dragon.
New York: Garden City Publishing, 1941
Quarto. Original illustrated printed boards, green cloth spine, pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket. illustrated with scenes from the animated film. Light wear to corners, small stain to front pastedown. A very good copy in a jacket with light chipping to spine ends and corners, spine slightly toned, and mild soiling to rear panel.
First Disney illustrated edition, this story first appeared in Grahame’s Dream Days.
£650 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt.)
Bambi. A Cut-Out Book.
Sydney: Colourtone Pty Limited for Ayers and James, c.1941
Folio. Original colour illustrated printed wraps. An excellent copy.
First edition, first printing. An obscure Disney title which features 4 pages of colour cut outs to make a play set, featuring scenes from the Disney animated film.
£650 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt) BARRIE, J. M.
Peter Pan Punchout Book.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1952
Octavo. Original pictorial paper wraps. Pictures from the Walt Disney Film Mild wear along edges. All figures remain intact on the pages.
A scarce film tie-in punch out book, which allows the reader to create a scene from the film, including Captain Hook’s pirate ship. A scarce Disney ephemera piece.
£650 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt.)
The Night Before Christmas.
London: Collins, 1934
Octavo. Original pictorial boards, illustrated endpapers. With the dust jacket. 8 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Mild bumping to corners and ends of spine, occasional light spotting to pages, inscription to front free endpaper, in the dust jacket with mild toning to spine, light spotting to rear panel. A very good copy.
First edition, first UK printing. A scarce publication released along side the animated Disney Silly Symphony of same title.
£675 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt.)
Cinderella.Illustrations by the Walt Disney Studio adapted by Retta Scott Worcester. Story adapted by Jane Werner from the Walt Disney Motion Picture.
New York: Golden Press, 1950
Slim folio. Finely bound in by the Chelsea Bindery in sparkly ice blue cloth, glass slipper design to front board, titles to spine in silver, top edge silver, marbled endpapers. Walt Disney Studio colour illustrations throughout adapted by Retta Scott Worcester. A fine copy.
First edition, first printing. “The Golden Book of Cinderella was illustrated by Retta Scott Worcester, one of the few women who reached positions of importance in the male-dominated world of animation. She animated the hunting dogs that attack Faline in Bambi, and brought a strong personal style to the illustrations. Up producer Jonas Rivera comments, ‘I’ve always loved the Retta Scott Cinderella because it doesn’t look like the movie, but somehow it feels like the movie’”(Charles Solomon, The Art of the Disney Golden Books). An absolutely enchanting book.
£750 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt.)
Mickey Mouse and Pluto and the Pup.
Racine: Whitman Publishing Co., 1936
Small quarto. Original illustrated printed boards, pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket. illustrations throughout by the Walt Disney Studio. Mild toning to pages, faint stain to lower outer front corner page edges, corners and ends of spine mildly bumped in the dust jacket with a hint of wear to corners and ends of spine. An excellent copy.
First edition, first printing.
£775 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Pinocchio. Box of Six Pinocchio Books For Reading, Colouring, and Playing.
Racine: Whitman Publishing Co., 1940
6 volumes, quarto. Original printed wraps, side stapled bound. Housed in the original pictorial box. illustrations throughout by the Walt Disney Studio. Mild toning to white areas of covers, slight wear along edges, box with light rubbing to corners and notation in ink to bottom of box. An excellent set.
First edition, first printings. A scarce collection of colouring and paint books, featuring the main characters from the animated film.
£1,000 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
The Story of Snow White With the individual stories of each of the dwarfs.
Racine, Wis: Whitman Publishing Co., 1938
8 volumes, quarto. Pictorial paper wraps, side staple bound. Walt Disney Studio illustrations throughout. Mild toning to pages, light wear to extremities, an excellent set.
First editions, first printings. A wonderful group of picture books each featuring one of the title characters.
£1,000 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Donald Duck.
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1936
Quarto. Original printed pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket.
Colour illustrations throughout by the Walt Disney Studio. “File Copy” stamp to title page, in the dust jacket with just a hint of soiling to panels, illustrations are exceptionally bright. An excellent copy.
First edition, first printing.
£1,000 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt.)
Original book illustration art for Walt Disney Songbook. Page 41 featuring Cinderella.
New York: Golden Press, 1971
Original hand painted illustration on artist board. An excellent original painting.
Cinderella, in her magical ball gown, with the Pumpkin Coach, Fairy Godmother, and Castle in the background. Published in The Walt Disney Songbook in 1971, this gouache on thin illustration board painting measures 10″ x 6.5″ in the mat opening and is matted to 18″ x 14″.
£1,250 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt) TAYLOR, Deems.
Fantasia.With a foreword by Leopold Stokowski.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940
Folio. Original grey cloth, titles to spine and upper board in blue, pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket. Colour illustrations throughout. Bookplate and donation inscription to front free endpaper, ownership tickets to half-title and rear blank. Spine rolled, two light marks to upper board, small bump to top edge of the contents, which are toned. A very good copy in the price-clipped, rubbed, creased and chipped jacket with a bookseller’s ticket to the rear flap.
First edition, first printing.
£1,500 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt) TAYLOR, Deems.
Walt Disney’s Fantasiaby Deems Taylor with a foreword by Leopold Stokowski.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940
Folio. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles to spine and front board blocked in multi-coloured foil, twin rule to turn-ins in multi-coloured foil, marbled endpapers, edges in silver. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white with 16 tipped-in colour plates. A fine copy.
First edition, first printing.
£1,500 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Limited Edition cel from Lady and the Tramp. Featuring Aunt Sarah and Si and Am.
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios, c.1980
Original hand painted cel from the Disney Ink and Paint department. Matted to an overall size of 2o inches by 17, with a mat opening of 14 inches x 11. Gouache on celluloid. Presented in a wooden frame with conservation glass.
Limited Edition Cel #167/275. When Walt Disney Art Editions began making hand-painted limited edition cels, they were releasing them in suites of 2 to 4 cels in a portfolio. One of the earliest portfolios was from Lady and the Tramp. This is one of those rare cels, created from the archived original 1955 animation drawings. The cels were hand-painted at the Disney Ink and Paint Department, on the studio grounds. A marvellous image of Aunt Sarah with the classic Disney cat-villains, Si and Am. Only 275 copies of this cel were painted. The edition has been sold since it’s release.
£1,500 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. Story and Illustrations by Staff of Walt Disney Studio. Book I.
London: George G. Harrap, 1931
Octavo. Original colour pictorial printed boards, pictorial endpapers. With the colour printed dust jacket. 32 colour illustrations, one to each page including title recto and verso. Mild rubbing to ends of spine and corners, inscription to verso of front endpaper, occasional light spotting to pages, in the dust jacket with a hint of fading to spine, shallow chipping to ends of spine. An excellent copy.
First edition, first UK printing, of the first Mickey Mouse book, rare in this condition.
£2,000 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Mickey Mouse Library. The Adventures of Mickey Mouse; Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf; Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf.
Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1931-34
3 volumes, octavo. Original pictorial printed wraps, cloth spines. Housed in the original pictorial box. illustrations throughout by the Walt Disney Studio. Third volume with mild crease to rear top corner, box with wear to corners and edges, an excellent set.
First editions, first printings. Issued concurrently with the 1934 movie The Big Bad Wolf as a promotional item. This copy has a label bearing the words “3 Books” pasted onto the upper lid. This may account for the presence of the earlier, 1931 “Adventures of Mickey Mouse” in the set, certainly a welcome addition. The only set we have handled in the original publisher’s box.
£2,000 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt).
“What’s Up, Possums.”Original artwork for the Collector’s Plate in the Bambi series.
Edwin M. Knowles China Co., 1992
Original hand painted cels on hand painted background. Gouache on celluloid on original background (460 x 460 mm). Mounted, glazed, and presented in a gold frame with conservation glass 480 x 480 mm.
The original artwork for the collector’s plate produced by Edwin Knowles China company. The plate was part of their Bambi series which featured 6 different limited release plates. According to paperwork included with the plate, The Walt Disney Board of Review certified the plate’s artwork “effectively represented in concept, character development and execution, that essence of the animator’s art achieved in the classic work of the Walt Disney Studio.” The paperwork goes on to state that this plate series is the only one certified by the Walt Disney Company. It credited Doug Ball as illustrator, Carol Stephenson as cell painter, and Dave Pachaieo as pencil artist.
£2,250 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Production cel for Fantasia.Featuring an elephant from the Dance of Hours sequence.
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios, 1940
An original hand painted cel on a hand painted Courvoisier background. Gouache on celluloid on Courvoisier airbrushed painted background. Sheet size: 7.5 x 5.5 in. Mounted, and presented in a manufactured gold leaf frame and UV protection glass. Framed size 14 x 12 in. A touch of spotting to where the elephant’s truck is on the background. An excellent example.
An original production cel for Disney’s Fantasia. Featuring an elephant from the “Dance of Hours” sequence. The cel has been trimmed and laid on top of a handpainted background as prepared by the Disney Studio. Disney production stamp to lower front corner. Cels were trimmed and applied to backgrounds by the studio to be sold through various Disney galleries. Fantasia cels presented in this way are rare. With a certificate from the Lainzberg Gallery, stating this to be an original Disney production cel originally issued through the Courvoisier Galleries of San Francisco.
£2,625 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt) BROWN, Margaret Wise.
Little Pig’s Picnic and Other Stories.
Boston: D. C. Heath and Co., 1939
Octavo. Original pictorial cloth, illustrated endpapers. Walt Disney Studio illustrations throughout. Spine slightly toned and bumped, mild white marks to front board, occasional light spotting to pages, page 89 with chip to lower edge. A very good copy.
First edition, first printing. Signed by Walt Disney on the half title page. A collection of short stories based on Disney’s Silly Symphonies.
£2,750 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Production cel for Alice in Wonderland. Featuring the Walrus and Oysters.
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios, 1951
4 cel set up for Alice in Wonderland featuring four original hand inked and painted production cels of the Walrus and Oysters and menu, set on a hand prepared watercolour non production background. Gouache on celluloid on. Sheet size: 43 x 35.5 cm In excellent condition. Mounted, and presented in a manufactured gold leaf frame and UV protection glass. Framed size: 51 x 46 cm.
Original production cel for Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, depicting a scene from the 1951 film in which the Walrus speaks with the oysters he and the Carpenter lured from the sea.
£2,850 – Book Sold
(DISNEY, Walt.)
Walt Disney’s version of Pinocchio Based on the famous story by Collodi.
New York: Random House, 1939
Large quarto. Original spiral bound cloth boards, label printed in red to front cover. Facsimile typescript and storyboard, printed on one side of the leaf. Despite being a ludicrously flimsy piece of book construction (presumably in whimsical imitation of inhouse Disney ring-bound project books), this copy has survived in outstanding condition.
One of 100 copies only of the original American edition, this copy a presentation to William (“Tex”) Henson on the occasion of his 20th birthday in 1944, shortly after he joined Disney as an assistant animator. The front pastedown has the gift inscription “Best wishes to Bill Henson from June 1944 ”, the words in square brackets being added in another hand, presumably the recipient’s, the first over an erasure. The front free endpaper is inscribed “Bill Henson, Walt Disney Productions 1944” in the presenter’s hand; the limitation notice is further inscribed by fellow animators Fred Kopletz and George Owen. Henson worked on Disney’s first post-war feature, Song of the South, and made a name for himself campaigning for the animated chipmunk duo, Chip ‘n’ Dale, to become regulars in the Disney repertory. He later moved to Mexico, supervising the studio of the animator Jay Ward, their best-known creation being the bulbous-nosed, dim-witted Bullwinkle the Moose.
£3,000 – Book Sold
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Mickey Mouse Waddle Book.
New York: Blue Ribbon, 1934
Quarto. Original printed illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers. With the dust jacket. Walt Disney Studio illustrations throughout. Mild wear to ends of spine, waddles punched out, in the dust jacket with light chipping to ends of spine and corners, mild spotting to panels, dust jacket band with mild edge wear, the four waddles are bright and with all original parts. A very good copy of this toy book.
First editions, first printings. This title was the first of the “waddle” books in which die-cut figures were punched out and assembled to move. This copy has all four original waddles of Mickey, Minnie, Pluto and horse Tanglefoot with their original brass fasteners, though, they have been punched out from the book. This copy with the original dust jacket band which would have held the envelope containing the runaway for the waddles which is lacking as well as the envelope which held the fasteners. However, any copies with original waddles are scarce. Included with this copy is the 1992 facsimile edition. An obscure piece of Disneyana.
£3,500 – Book Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Production cel for Robin Hood. Featuring Maid Marian and Lady Kluck.
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios, 1973
Original hand painted production cel, on the original master hand-painted production background with original line overlay cel. Disney cel to lower corner as well as the original sequence number to the corner, Disney cel certificate mounted on rear of the mount. Gouache on celluloid on master painted background. Sheet size: 14 x 10 in. double mounted to 20 × 16 in. Presented in a gold leaf frame with conservation glass.
An original production cel for Disney’s Robin Hood. Featuring Maid Marian and Lady Kluck, on the original Master background. With the Disney production certificate to back of frame, stating this was a cel used in the production of the film.
£3,500 – Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Original concept art for Fantasia.
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 24 August 1939
Watercolour over pencil on paper. Sheet size: 30.3 x 25.3 cm. Production label to verso. Mounted, and presented in a manufactured gold leaf frame with conservation glass. In excellent condition.
Original concept art for The Pastoral Symphony segment of Walt Disney’s Fantasia (1940). It depicts a young faun picking grapes and is signed M. Schwartzman on the verso. Melvin Schwartzman (1914–2012), later known as Mel Shaw, joined Walt Disney Studios in 1937 and worked as a concept artist and designer on several productions, including Bambi (1942). However, he left the studio in 1941 to serve as a filmmaker with the U.S. Army Signal Corp. The post-war years saw Shaw starting a design business with Bob Allen, before returning to Disney in 1974, where he contributed to several of the major features of the modern era, including The Rescuers (1977), The Fox and the Hound (1981), The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Beauty and the Beast (1991), and The Lion King (1994). “Mel Shaw’s influence as an animation design artist extended over many decades and many studios. He worked with Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising in the early days of both the Warner Bros. and MGM cartoon studios. At the beginning of World War II, he contributed designs to Orson Welles’s never-realized film of Saint-Exupery´s The Little Prince. His best known artwork is the series of dramatic pastels in the title sequence of The Rescuers (1977), showing the bottle containing Penny’s call for help riding stormy seas. Shaw said the drawings were originally just preliminary studies for an animated sequence, but when director Woolie Reitherman saw them, he said they didn’t need to be animated – they could carry the sequence as they were” (Charles Solomon, Variety, 27 November 2012).
£3,750 – Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Production cel for Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios, 1937
Gouache on celluloid on Courvoisier airbrush background. Sheet size: 16.0 x 13.7 cm. Mounted, and presented in a manufactured gold leaf frame with conservation glass. In excellent condition.
An original production cel for Disney’s first animated feature film, showing Sneezy, Happy, and Bashful playing instruments, as seen in the background of the Silly Song scene in the film. The cel has been trimmed and laid on top of an airbrushed background as prepared by the Disney Studio to be sold at the Courvoisier Galleries.
£4,000 – Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Signed Studio Dye Transfer Print for The Lady and the Tramp.
Burbank: Walt Disney Studios, 1955
Rare Walt Disney signed studio dye transfer print cel from the 1955 classic ”Lady and the Tramp.” Beautiful full ”Walt Disney” signature with a flourish, inscribed “To Victoria / with Best Wishes” on the original studio mat below the illustration from ”Lady,” showing the title characters. One of Disney’s most popular and successful movies, ”Lady and the Tramp” surpassed all other Disney movies at the box office when it was released in 1955 ‘This reproduction cel is part of a limited edition, these were often done by the studio to give as special gifts, most were done in an issue of 100 copies. This print measures 10” x 8.” Framed to 19 x 18 inches. In very good condition.
£4,125 – Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
“Cast Adrift” Production cel for Pinocchio.
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios, 1940
An original hand painted 3 cel setup on lithograph of the original background. Field size is 12.5 by 11 inches. Gouache on celluloid An excellent set up. Presented in blue lacquer frame with conservation glass and mount.
An original production cel for Disney’s Pinocchio. This original cel setup has three hand painted layers on top of a lithograph of the studio background. The cel is not trimmed. Featuring Pinocchio, Geppetto, Figaro and Cleo. A truly fantastic cel and one of the harder films to obtain cels from.
£4,350 – Sold
(DISNEY, Walt.) PALMER, H. Marion.
Walt Disney’s Surprise Package. Adapted versions of Peter Pan, The Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderland, Peter and the Wolf and Eight Other Stories.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944
Large quarto. Pictorial boards, patterened endpapers, with the dust jacket. Housed in a pink quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Walt Disney Studio colour illustrations throughout. Mild crease and small professionally restored tear to front free endpaper. An excellent copy with just a hint of rubbing at extremities in a bright dust jacket.
First edition, first printing. Inscribed on the verso of the front free endpaper in crayon to “Mimi Bonesteel, Happy Easter, Walt Disney.”
£5,000 – Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Pinocchio production cel of a Dutch milk maid from the”Give a Little Whistle sequence”.
Burbank: Walt Disney Studios, 1940
carved characters featured on a clock in Geppetto’s workshop with which Jiminy Cricket interacts during the song ‘Give A Little Whistle’.
An original Pinocchio production cel, with an early inscription. Blue pencil signature and inscription, “To Peggy Fox, from Walt Disney,” on a brown 4.25 x 2 inch card affixed to the mat of an original production cel featuring a little Dutch milk maid, featured as one of the carved characteras featured on the clock in Geppetto’s workshop during the “Give a Little Whistle” sequence from the 1940 Walt Disney Studios film Pinocchio, trimmed and applied to a detailed airbrush background done by the Courvoisier Gallery. After being used for the film, this cel was prepared by the Disney Studio’s Courvoiser Unit for presentation, either as VIP gift or for sale through the Courvoisier Gallery distribution system. For about ten years during the late 1930s and 1940s the Courvoisier Gallery was the exclusive distributor of Disney Studio drawings and cels. At first all Courvoisier cels were prepared for sale at the Disney Studio. This involved laboriously trimming the cels to the edges of the characters, hand-creating backgrounds to complement each cel, matting the artwork and labelling it. Roy Disney later decided this was too costly and the work was moved to Courvoisier’s workshop. With the original Walt Disney Courvoisier Gallery label to the back of the frame.
£5,000 – Sold
(DISNEY, Walt.) BROWN, Margaret Wise.
The Ugly Duckling.
Boston: D. C. Heath and Co., 1939
Folio 350 x 320 mm. 11 pages on artist board featuring page layout and the original celluloid illustrations for The Ugly Duckling Story which was in the D. C Heath title Little Pig’s Picnic and Other Stories by Margaret Wise Brown. Housed in a blue cloth solander box. Walt Disney Studio illustrations throughout. Page 5 without the celluloid illustrations, An excellent set.
First edition, first printing. A fantastic group of original Disney Studio celluloids. Due to accurate representations being distorted with some license holders, Disney decided that in-house illustrators were their best option in accurate representations of their characters, which resulted in stories such as this one having its illustrations as celluloid pieces. This item was featured in 1997 October issue of Walt Disney’s Comics, the article states that very few of these original story board celluloids survived given their fragile nature, making this group a rare collection. Included with this is a copy of Brown’s Little Pig’s Picnic and Other Stories which featured this story.
£5,550 – Sold
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Mickey Mouse Movie Stories.
Philadelphia David McKay Company, 1931-34
2 volumes, octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spines gilt, image pasted down to front boards. With the dust jackets. Housed in a black cloth slipcase by the Chelsea Bindery with a pictorial block of Mickey Mouse to the side in gilt. Walt Disney Studio black and white cartoon illustrations throughout. Spine ends slightly bumped. Exceptionally bright copies in jackets; Volume 1 jacket with small chips to head of spine, Volume 2 with light chipping to spine ends, extremities creased and with several closed tears, rear flap lacking, and tape repair to verso of rear panel.
First editions, first printings. Each volume contains several short story adaptations of Mickey Mouse cartoons of the time. Volume 1 has a small black and white drawing of Mickey (recto) or Minnie (verso) which appears to dance as the pages are flipped. An uncommon set in dust jackets.
£5,750 – Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. Story and Illustrations by Staff of Walt Disney Studio. Book I.
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1931
Octavo, pp. on thick paper. Original colour pictorial printed boards, pictorial endpapers. With the colour printed dust jacket. 32 colour illustrations, one to each page including title recto and verso. Spine ends lightly bumped in the dust jacket with shallow chipping to ends of spines and corners. An excellent copy.
First edition, first printing, of the first Mickey Mouse picture book, rare in the dust jacket.
£5,750 – Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Version of Pinocchio.Based on the Famous Story by Collodi.
New York: Random House, 1939
Quarto. Ringbound cloth boards with titles and illustration to label to upper board. Glue residue to front and back free endpapers, also to a lesser extent on the pastedowns, upper cover a little soiled, nonetheless an attractive, internally bright and clean copy of this scarce book
First Edition, First Impression. No. 71 of 100 copies. Signed by Walt Disney on the title page and by the animators; Fred Moore, Ward Kimball, Paul J. Smith, Al Parke, John Hurley, Ed Penner, Norm Ferguson and Ted Sears.
Al Park has also inscribed on the front free endpaper ‘This book was produced to establish interstate traffic and use of the Disney characters in Pinocchio, then in production. Thus forestall and protect against infringement when picture did go on the market.’ This book records the development of characters and basic story of Disney’s second feature-length animated movie.
£7,500 – Sold
(DISNEY, Walt.) THOMAS, Bob.
The Art of Animation. The story of the Disney Studio contribution to a new art.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958
Quarto. Original illustrated printed boards, grey cloth spine, illustrated endpapers. With the dust jacket. Housed in a black flat back cloth solander box with Mickey Mouse blocked to front. Illustrations and photographs in colour and black and white throughout. Mild bumping to corners, minor nick to tail of spine. An excellent copy in bright jacket with chipped and creased extremities, lightly stained rear panel, and a touch of foxing to flaps.
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Walt Disney on the verso of the front free endpaper, “To Vita Best Wises Walt Disney.” Additionally it is inscribed by Roy Disney and contains the signatures of over 100 other people in the Walt Disney Studio, including 7 of “The Nine Old Men” who were the key animators of the studio, this copy with the signatures of Eric Larson, Frank Thomas, Milt Kahl, Ollie Johnston, Marc Davis, and Woolie Reitherman. The signatures range from the studio nurse to directors of animation. This book seems to have been given as a retirment/going away gift from the studio to Vita Victoria, whom worked in the ink and paint department, which was at the time where the majority of females worked in animation, some artists refereed to it as the “Finishing School” of hand drawn animation. The paint and ink department was responsible for transferring drawings onto celluloids and giving them colourr before being sent off to be photographed. A wonderful title which illustrates the “family” atmosphere the studio was noted for. Truly an exceptional Disneyana piece.
£8,750 – Sold
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Mickey Mouse Movie Stories.
Philadelphia David McKay Company, 1931-34
2 volumes, octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spines gilt, image pasted down to front boards. With the dust jackets. Housed in a black cloth slipcase by the Chelsea Bindery with a pictorial block of Mickey Mouse to the side in gilt. Walt Disney Studio black and white cartoon illustrations throughout. Spine ends slightly bumped. Exceptionally bright copies in jackets; Volume 1 jacket with small chips to head of spine, Volume 2 with light chipping to spine ends, extremities creased and with several closed tears, rear flap lacking, and tape repair to verso of rear panel.
First editions, first printings. Each volume contains several short story adaptations of Mickey Mouse cartoons of the time. Volume 1 has a small black and white drawing of Mickey (recto) or Minnie (verso) which appears to dance as the pages are flipped. An uncommon set in dust jackets.
£5,750 – Sold
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Mickey Mouse Waddle Book.
New York: Blue Ribbon, 1934
Quarto. Original printed illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers. With the dust jacket. Walt Disney Studio illustrations throughout. Mild wear to ends of spine, waddles punched out, in the dust jacket with light chipping to ends of spine and corners, mild spotting to panels, dust jacket band with mild edge wear, the four waddles are bright and with all original parts. A very good copy of this toy book.
First editions, first printings. This title was the first of the “waddle” books in which die-cut figures were punched out and assembled to move. This copy has all four original waddles of Mickey, Minnie, Pluto and horse Tanglefoot with their original brass fasteners, though, they have been punched out from the book. This copy with the original dust jacket band which would have held the envelope containing the runaway for the waddles which is lacking as well as the envelope which held the fasteners. However, any copies with original waddles are scarce. Included with this copy is the 1992 facsimile edition. An obscure piece of Disneyana.
£3,500 – Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. Story and Illustrations by Staff of Walt Disney Studio. Book I.
London: George G. Harrap, 1931
Octavo. Original colour pictorial printed boards, pictorial endpapers. With the colour printed dust jacket. 32 colour illustrations, one to each page including title recto and verso. Mild rubbing to ends of spine and corners, inscription to verso of front endpaper, occasional light spotting to pages, in the dust jacket with a hint of fading to spine, shallow chipping to ends of spine. An excellent copy.
First edition, first UK printing, of the first Mickey Mouse book, rare in this condition.
£2,000 – Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Mickey Mouse Library. The Adventures of Mickey Mouse; Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf; Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf.
Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1931-34
3 volumes, octavo. Original pictorial printed wraps, cloth spines. Housed in the original pictorial box. illustrations throughout by the Walt Disney Studio. Third volume with mild crease to rear top corner, box with wear to corners and edges, an excellent set.
First editions, first printings. Issued concurrently with the 1934 movie The Big Bad Wolf as a promotional item. This copy has a label bearing the words “3 Books” pasted onto the upper lid. This may account for the presence of the earlier, 1931 “Adventures of Mickey Mouse” in the set, certainly a welcome addition. The only set we have handled in the original publisher’s box.
£2,000 – Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. Story and Illustrations by Staff of Walt Disney Studio. Book I.
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1931
Octavo, pp. on thick paper. Original colour pictorial printed boards, pictorial endpapers. With the colour printed dust jacket. 32 colour illustrations, one to each page including title recto and verso. Spine ends lightly bumped in the dust jacket with shallow chipping to ends of spines and corners. An excellent copy.
First edition, first printing, of the first Mickey Mouse picture book, rare in the dust jacket.
£5,750 – Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Original concept art for Fantasia.
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 24 August 1939
Watercolour over pencil on paper. Sheet size: 30.3 x 25.3 cm. Production label to verso. Mounted, and presented in a manufactured gold leaf frame with conservation glass. In excellent condition.
Original concept art for The Pastoral Symphony segment of Walt Disney’s Fantasia (1940). It depicts a young faun picking grapes and is signed M. Schwartzman on the verso. Melvin Schwartzman (1914–2012), later known as Mel Shaw, joined Walt Disney Studios in 1937 and worked as a concept artist and designer on several productions, including Bambi (1942). However, he left the studio in 1941 to serve as a filmmaker with the U.S. Army Signal Corp. The post-war years saw Shaw starting a design business with Bob Allen, before returning to Disney in 1974, where he contributed to several of the major features of the modern era, including The Rescuers (1977), The Fox and the Hound (1981), The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Beauty and the Beast (1991), and The Lion King (1994). “Mel Shaw’s influence as an animation design artist extended over many decades and many studios. He worked with Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising in the early days of both the Warner Bros. and MGM cartoon studios. At the beginning of World War II, he contributed designs to Orson Welles’s never-realized film of Saint-Exupery´s The Little Prince. His best known artwork is the series of dramatic pastels in the title sequence of The Rescuers (1977), showing the bottle containing Penny’s call for help riding stormy seas. Shaw said the drawings were originally just preliminary studies for an animated sequence, but when director Woolie Reitherman saw them, he said they didn’t need to be animated – they could carry the sequence as they were” (Charles Solomon, Variety, 27 November 2012).
£3,750
DISNEY, Walt.
Production cel for Peter Pan.
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios, 1953
Gouache on celluloid on original background (311 x 252 mm). Mounted, glazed, and presented in a wooden frame. Gouache flaking in a couple of spots. In excellent condition. Cels trimmed and applied to hand painted background.
An original animation cel for Disney’s Peter Pan (1953), inscribed by Disney on the mount board: “To Tabs Taberer, Best wishes Walt Disney”. Depicts John and Michael Darling, Slightly, Cubby, and one of the Lost Boy twin tied to the mast of the Jolly Roger, as seen in the scene when Wendy walks the plank.
£6,750 – Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Production cel for Robin Hood. Featuring Maid Marian and Lady Kluck.
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios, 1973
Original hand painted production cel, on the original master hand-painted production background with original line overlay cel. Disney cel to lower corner as well as the original sequence number to the corner, Disney cel certificate mounted on rear of the mount. Gouache on celluloid on master painted background. Sheet size: 14 x 10 in. double mounted to 20 × 16 in. Presented in a gold leaf frame with conservation glass.
An original production cel for Disney’s Robin Hood. Featuring Maid Marian and Lady Kluck, on the original Master background. With the Disney production certificate to back of frame, stating this was a cel used in the production of the film.
£3,500 – Sold
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“What’s Up, Possums.”Original artwork for the Collector’s Plate in the Bambi series.
Edwin M. Knowles China Co., 1992
Original hand painted cels on hand painted background. Gouache on celluloid on original background (460 x 460 mm). Mounted, glazed, and presented in a gold frame with conservation glass 480 x 480 mm.
The original artwork for the collector’s plate produced by Edwin Knowles China company. The plate was part of their Bambi series which featured 6 different limited release plates. According to paperwork included with the plate, The Walt Disney Board of Review certified the plate’s artwork “effectively represented in concept, character development and execution, that essence of the animator’s art achieved in the classic work of the Walt Disney Studio.” The paperwork goes on to state that this plate series is the only one certified by the Walt Disney Company. It credited Doug Ball as illustrator, Carol Stephenson as cell painter, and Dave Pachaieo as pencil artist.
£2,250 – Sold
DISNEY, Walt.
Limited Edition cel from Lady and the Tramp. Featuring Aunt Sarah and Si and Am.
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios, c.1980
Original hand painted cel from the Disney Ink and Paint department. Matted to an overall size of 2o inches by 17, with a mat opening of 14 inches x 11. Gouache on celluloid. Presented in a wooden frame with conservation glass.
Limited Edition Cel #167/275. When Walt Disney Art Editions began making hand-painted limited edition cels, they were releasing them in suites of 2 to 4 cels in a portfolio. One of the earliest portfolios was from Lady and the Tramp. This is one of those rare cels, created from the archived original 1955 animation drawings. The cels were hand-painted at the Disney Ink and Paint Department, on the studio grounds. A marvellous image of Aunt Sarah with the classic Disney cat-villains, Si and Am. Only 275 copies of this cel were painted. The edition has been sold since it’s release.
£1,500 – Sold
