Signed book: The Eighth Art by Victor Keppler. First edition. NY: William Morrow & Company, 1938. Hardcover, 9.25 x 12.25, 266 pages. Signed on the front pastedown in fountain pen by Walt Disney and 28 of Disney's artists, directors, and other employees. Also signed on the first free end page by Keppler. Additional signers include: Al Perkins (researcher for Alice in Wonderland), Dana Coty (writer for Donald's Nephews, a Donald Duck cartoon), Ted Osborne (story writer and cartoonist), Otto Englander (writer who worked on Snow White, Fantasia, and Dumbo), Ken O'Connor (art director and layout artist), Thor Putnam (layout artist), Mac Stewart (layout artist), Charles Philippi (layout artist), Helen De Force Hennesy (first Disney librarian), Walt J. Pfeiffer (childhood friend of Disney and studio executive), Bill Sharpsteen (director), Jack Kinney (animator), Dee Worth (secretary), Ted Sears (first head of Disney's story department), Webb Smith (credited with creating the first storyboard), Hugh Hennesy (layout artist), Ken Anderson (art director and writer), Charlie Payzant (background artist), Terrell Stapp (art director), Art Heinemann (writer and animator), David Rose (artist), John Hubley (background and layout artist), Bruce Bushman (layout artist), Louis Debney (producer of Mickey Mouse Club), and three others. Rear pastedown also bears an original sticker from the legendary Stanley Rose Bookshop, the unofficial Hollywood Boulevard clubhouse of countless notable writers and celebrities. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/None. The majority of these signers were involved in the making of Disney’s greatest classics, including Snow White, Fantasia, and Cinderella, as well as earlier films and shorts. A positively remarkable assemblage of the behind-the-scenes staff—along with their revered leader—that came together to produce the greatest animated features ever put to screen. Pre-certified Phil Sears COA and RR Auction COA.
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