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New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1946.

First edition of this storybook based on the motion picture "Song of the South" presented by Walt Disney and other Walt Disney adaptations of the original "Uncle Remus" stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Square octavo, original publisher's pictorial cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by Disney on the verso of the front free endpaper, "To Janet Best wishes Walt Disney." Very good in a very good dust jacket. As told by Marion Palmer. Rare and desriable signed and inscribed.

Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 149122

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"It was some time during the battle of Britain, when Hurricanes and Spitfires were up from dawn to dark and the noise of battle was heard all day in the sky": First Edition of The Gremlins; Inscribed by Walt Disney

DAHL, Roald [Walt Disney].

The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story.

New York: Random House, 1943.

First edition of Dahl’s rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. Quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Walt Disney on the half-title page, "To Joan With Best Wishes Walt Disney." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Walt Disney.

Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 103458

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Signed by Walt Disney and 13 other Hollywood Actor and Actresses

SPEED, F. Maurice [Walt Disney].

Film Review.

London: Macdonald and Co, 1939.

First edition of this overview of Hollywood. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed on the front pastedown and endpapers by Walt Disney and 13 other Hollywood actors and actresses, including, Chico Marx "To Pat Sincerely Chico Marx"; Pat O'Brien; "To Pat my own namesake Love Pat O'Brien Nov 21, 1947; Deborah Kerr, "I see a dark Stranger" (on page 76) "with best wishes Deborah Kerr"; Merle Oberon "To Pat all the best Merle Oberon"; Joe E. Brown "To Pat Joe Brown." Brown was one of the most popular American comedians in the 1930s and 1940s, with films like A Midsummer Night's Dream, Earthworm Tractors, Alibi Ike and Some Like It Hot. Jack Train "Best wishes Pat Jack Train Don’t' mind if I do"; Ray Milland "Merry Xmas Pat Ray Milland." Milland is best remembered for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend, leading man opposite John Wayne's corrupt character in Reap the Wild Wind (1942), the murder-plotting husband in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954), and Oliver Barrett III in Love Story. Two of the signatures are pasted onto the end papers, while the rest are signed directly onto the end papers with one on page 76. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional collection of signatures in this film review b...

Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 112422

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First Edition of Ivanhoe: A Grove Play; Signed by Walt Disney

NORRIS, Charles G; Music by Harry I. Wiel; [Walt Disney].

Ivanhoe: A Grove Play.

San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1936.

First edition of this Grove Play produced and performed by and for Bohemian Club members. Octavo, original orange boards. Signed by Walt Disney opposite the dedication page. Additionally signed and inscribed by nearly 70 individuals. In his book, 'Walt Disney: An American Original,' Bob Thomas recounts the story of Walt Disney's visit to the Bohemian Club in 1936, the year in which his signature appears in this volume -- apparently the snoring from the following evening inspired the snoring scene in the Dwarfs' cottage in Snow White. In very good condition, ownership inscription to the front pastedown, "For Orrville Taylor. Bohemia, Aug 1, 1936 from H[...] P[...]," with a large sketch of the mountainside.

Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 146500

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