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Auction History Result 2x597 FANTASIA Simon & Schuster hardcover book 1946 Disney, information & wonderful color images! Date Sold 12/17/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Vintage Hardcover Book (measures 9 1/2" x 13" [24 x 33 cm]; 158 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: Note that this is a large (9 3/4" x 13") hardcover book published by Simon and Schuster, and it contains 144 heavily illustrated pages, with many color illustrations, and some are "tipped-in". A knowledgeable collector tells us that this book was originally published with an illustrated dust jacket which is not included with this auction. See our images to get a sense of how nice this book is, and for publishing information. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, and the interior page that shows the publishing information, and one or more interior 2-page spreads. Condition: good to very good. The book originally had a dust jacket, but that is not present. There are many stains on the front and back cover, and on the spine. The interior pages are in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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