Babes in the Woods, King Neptune. Stories and Illustrations by the Staff of the Walt Disney Studios.
New York, Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., 1933
Pop-up book. Silly Symphonies comprised 75 short musical films produced by Walt Disney from 1929 to 1939; The series is notable for its innovation with Technicolor and the' multiplane motion picture camera', as well as its introduction of the character Donald Duck, the year following this publication, in 1934.
Large 8vo (250 x 190 mm); four colour pop-up scenes and further sepia illustrations throughout, a few splits between some quires but holding, lacking(?) contents page, general age-toning, else very good; publisher's illustrated boards, slightly browned, illustrated endpapers, near contemporary ink gift-presentation to blank verso, dated 1938, matching dust-jacket, browned, chipped and creased at extremities, short tear to rear panel but complete and unrestored; 49 pp.
Large 8vo (250 x 190 mm); four colour pop-up scenes and further sepia illustrations throughout, a few splits between some quires but holding, lacking(?) contents page, general age-toning, else very good; publisher's illustrated boards, slightly browned, illustrated endpapers, near contemporary ink gift-presentation to blank verso, dated 1938, matching dust-jacket, browned, chipped and creased at extremities, short tear to rear panel but complete and unrestored; 49 pp.
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