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DISNEY ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE
(DISNEY, WALT). Thomas, Frank & Ollie Johnston. New York: Abbeville Press, 1981. First Edition. Stout 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Film Animation Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. 576pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. More than thirty years after its publication, "Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life" by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas - two of the masters of Disney's Golden Age referred to by Walt as his "Nine Old Men" - is still known as "the animator's bible". An authoritative reference to, and source of inspiration for character animation, this massive, copiously illustrated book provides a detailed history of Disney animation. It contains four hundred and eighty-nine plates in full color, as well as thousands of black and white images ranging from storyboard sketches to entire sequences. It explains the processes involved in clear, non-technical terms and most notably expresses the time-honored philosophy of the Disney Studio animators in its third chapter entitled "Basic Principles of Animation". A most handsome example of the 1981 first printing of the first trade edition. 0-89659-232-4 Inventory Number: 024021