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Auction History Result 9h087 FANTASIA Little, Brown & Company hardcover book '40 Disney, The Nutcracker Suite with music! Date Sold 8/21/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Vintage Hardcover Book (measures 10 1/2" x 11 1/2" [27 x 29 cm]; 75 pages) (Learn More) Walt Disney's Fantasia, the classic 1940 James Algar & Samuel Armstrong Walt Disney animated animation cartoon musical fantasy ("Walt Disney's Technicolor Feature Triumph") featuring Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters created specifically for this feature movie, set to the music of classical composers including Leopold Stokowski, and Beethoven. Note that Fantasia had a very limited roadshow release which took place in several theaters with special audio equipment installed for the "Fantasound" system. This release started in late 1940 and continued into 1941, and these theaters often used home-made displays for the film. Throughout 1941, RKO negotiated with Disney to make a much shorter version of the movie in mono which could be shown in theaters without the need for special equipment. Disney finally agreed, and let RKO create a heavily edited version (he refused to edit it himself) which was released in early January of 1942. Regular posters were printed with a 1941 NSS number (it's not uncommon for films that are released near the start of a year to have a NSS from the previous year), and that is when the film had its first general release. So almost ALL of the known "first release" posters are from the 1942 continuous first release (with 1941 NSS numbers). The only pre-1942 advertising that we have seen are window cards, 8x10 stills and heralds from the theaters with the special "Fantasound" equipment. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: This really cool hardcover book is three books in one! It is a storybook about The Nutcracker Suite, and also a picture book with many color images and a music book, which "for the first time gives to the young pianist the lovely melodies of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite". It has a foreword by Leopold Stokowski, and has piano arrangements by Federick Stark. Note that this item is in eMoviePoster.com's special "all animation" auction! The idea for this auction began when we were consigned a remarkable collection of original 1940s Walt Disney pressbooks, mini lobby cards, and standees (and almost all of those are extremely rare ones that are hardly ever auctioned, and they almost all are in really nice condition). Once we knew we had those items, we contacted all our past consignors, and asked them to consign to this very special auction, and they REALLY came through, consigning a wonderful assortment of cartoon movie paper of all sorts. Buying from this special auction gives you an incredibly rare opportunity to obtain some of the finest cartoon animation movie paper we have ever seen, and all of them will have new owners when these auctions close, because all start at $1 with no reserve. Many of these items will likely not be auctioned again for many years to come! Also note that we have pictured the front cover (with and without the dust jacket), the entire dust jacket, the title page, and seven interior 2-page spreads. Condition: good to very good. There are many smudges on the dust jacket, with some tears and tiny paper loss in the top and bottom of the jacket. The dust jacket is in a protective sleeve. The hardcover book itself is in pretty nice condition, with minor wear at the top and bottom of the covers. See our many images to get a good sense of the exact condition of this book. Learn More about condition grades 
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