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Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie.. DISNEY ANIMATION. THE ILLUSION OF LIFE.. ABBEVILLE PRESS., 1981.

Price: US$26.49 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Poor condition dust jacket has edge wear, edge loss and taped edge tears. Text unmarked, pages clean and bright, binding tight. Ships Next Business Day.

Seller: Keeps Books, Wilmington, IL, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie.. DISNEY ANIMATION. THE ILLUSION OF LIFE.. ABBEVILLE PRESS., 1981.

Price: US$34.26 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library.

Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie.. DISNEY ANIMATION. THE ILLUSION OF LIFE.. ABBEVILLE PRESS., 1981.

Price: US$34.26 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within

Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie.. DISNEY ANIMATION. THE ILLUSION OF LIFE.. ABBEVILLE PRESS., 1981.

Price: US$34.26 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers.

Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank; Johnston, Ollie. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Press, New York, 1981.

Price: US$39.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: DJ has some small cracks along the edges. Bottom text block gas some light scuffing. Book is a little heavy, 575 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.

Frank Thomas; Ollie Johnston. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Pr, 1981.

Price: US$55.99 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Item in acceptable condition including possible liquid damage. As well answers may be filled in. May be missing DVDs, CDs, Access code, etc. 100%Money-Back Guarantee! Ship within 24 hours!!

Seller: Shakespeare Book House, Rockford, IL, U.S.A.

THOMAS, Frank & Ollie Johnson. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Press, New York, 1981.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Quarto. 575pp. Heavily illustrated. Boards slightly bowed, a bit of toning around the edges, near fine in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear, and a wrinkled spine with surface abrasions.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Frank Thomas; Ollie Johnston. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Pr, 1981.

Price: US$67.23 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Missing Dust Cover - Pages and hard cover are intact. Used book in good conditions. Limited notes and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on corners and edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. Ships directly from Amazon.

Seller: ZBK Books, Woodland Park, NJ, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank And Ollie Johnston.. DISNEY ANIMATION. THE ILLUSION OF LIFE.. Abbeville Press., New York, 1981.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Over-sized hardbound (quarto). First edition stated. No wear to the binding. No distortion from improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket shows just a touch of edge wear, no sun fading. DJ in an archival protector.

Seller: Book Stall of Rockford, Inc., Rockford, IL, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank (1912-) and Johnston, Ollie (1912-). Disney Animation : the Illusion of Life. New York; Abbeville Press, 1981.

Price: US$83.53 + shipping

Description: An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective box. ; 575 pages; Subjects: Walt Disney Productions. Animated films--United States--History and criticism. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie.. DISNEY ANIMATION. THE ILLUSION OF LIFE.. ABBEVILLE PRESS., 1981.

Price: US$84.47 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Jacket in protective plastic sleeve. Mild tanning and foxing to edge of text block. Gentle fading and scuffs at board edges and spine ends.

Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom

Thomas, Frank; Johnston, Ollie. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S., 1981.

Price: US$84.47 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Book is in fine condition, excellent. Red cloth board. Dust jacket in near fine condition. Lovely large volume. 574pp with colour illustrations.

Seller: Holt Art Books, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie.. DISNEY ANIMATION. THE ILLUSION OF LIFE.. ABBEVILLE PRESS., 1981.

Price: US$84.96 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.

Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank; Johnston, Ollie Re: Walt Disney. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Press, New York, 1981.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First printing of the original trade ed from Abbeville, not the limited ed nor the reprint ed. Near fine with light erased pencil marks on half-title page and first 20 or so pages having a mild diagonal top corner bend (not crease.) In a fine dust jacket with NO chips or tears. A handsome copy.

Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank; Johnston, Ollie Re: Walt Disney. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Press, New York, 1981.

Price: US$90.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First printing of the original trade ed from Abbeville, not the limited ed nor the reprint ed. Fine with slight, light dust smudge on edge of text block. No markings, no bookplate. In a fine dust jacket with NO chips or tears. A handsome copy. Includes the mailing box book came in but it has some wear. NOTE: this is NOT the slipcased edition!

Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.

Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S., New York, 1981.

Price: US$90.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A real nice very large first edition (stated) hardcover. Nice dust jacket has mylar cover. Book is solid and clean with red cloth boards. Here is a wonderful compilation of how-to and the history of Disney Studio animation through the words and drawings of the two masters Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Lavishly iIllustrated throughout in color and black & white. This is the most complete book on the subject ever written up to 1981. This book will ship at more than 7 pounds so will not ship out of the US without extreme expense. Size: 11h x 11w

Seller: Warren Hahn, Pleasant View, TN, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank (1912-) and Johnston, Ollie (1912-). Disney Animation : the Illusion of Life. New York; Abbeville Press, 1981.

Price: US$94.67 + shipping

Description: An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective box. ; 575 pages; Physical desc.: 575 p. 25 cm. Subjects: Walt Disney Productions. Animated films--United States--History and criticism. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Thomas, Frank and Johnston, Ollie. Disney Animation The Illustion of Life. Abbeville Press, New York, 1981.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, 3rd printing as stated. This is close to fine with some light wear at the spine corners for this early, deluxe edition. Red boards with gilt lettering on the spine and Pinnochio illustration on the cover. Massive 575 pages. Extensive color. Thomas & Johnston were principle animators for the Disney studios during their most innovative years. Sketches, production drawings; posters, storyboards and stills. Lavish and beautiful. A must have for the Disney collector or animation collector or historian.

Seller: The Book Eater, High Point, NC, U.S.A.

Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Disney Animation - the Illusion of Life. Abbeville Press, New York, 1981.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: This book is a wonderful compilation of how-to and the history of Disney Studio animation through the words and drawings of the two masters Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. This is the most complete book on the subject ever written. 489 full-color plates, thousands of black-and-white illustrations. A very large book which will require extra postage.

Seller: ezslides, Harleysville, PA, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank (1912-) and Johnston, Ollie (1912-). Disney Animation : the Illusion of Life. New York; Abbeville Press, 1981.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective box. ; 575 pages; Subjects: Walt Disney Productions. Animated films--United States--History and criticism. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank (1912-) and Johnston, Ollie (1912-). Disney Animation : the Illusion of Life. New York; Abbeville Press, 1981.

Price: US$112.00 + shipping

Description: An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective box. ; 575 pages; Physical desc.: 575 p. 25 cm. Subjects: Walt Disney Productions. Animated films--United States--History and criticism. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie. Disney Animation - The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Press, New York, 1981.

Price: US$128.75 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contents; preface, acknowledgments, 18 chapters, notes, appendix, and index 575 pages.

Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie.. DISNEY ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION O. ABBEVILLE PRESS., 1981.

Price: US$154.74 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 6.85

Seller: BennettBooksLtd, LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie.. DISNEY ANIMATION. THE ILLUSION OF LIFE.. ABBEVILLE PRESS., 1981.

Price: US$163.91 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition

Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie.. DISNEY ANIMATION. THE ILLUSION OF LIFE.. ABBEVILLE PRESS., 1981.

Price: US$163.91 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published

Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank (1912-) and Johnston, Ollie (1912-). Disney Animation : the Illusion of Life. New York; Abbeville Press, 1981.

Price: US$217.18 + shipping

Description: An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective box. ; 575 pages; Subjects: Walt Disney Productions. Animated films--United States--History and criticism. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Thomas, Frank (1912-) and Johnston, Ollie (1912-). Disney Animation : the Illusion of Life. New York; Abbeville Press, 1981.

Price: US$244.00 + shipping

Description: An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective box. ; 575 pages; Subjects: Walt Disney Productions. Animated films--United States--History and criticism. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Frank Thomas. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Pr, 1981.

Price: US$257.42 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed

Seller: GoldBooks, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Frank Thomas. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Pr, 1981.

Price: US$258.25 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service

Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.

Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Pr, 1981.

Price: US$270.59 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: Brand New!

Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.

Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Pr, 1981.

Price: US$290.10 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Acceptable

Seller: dsmbooks, liverpool, United Kingdom

Thomas, Frank; Ollie Johnson. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. ABBEVILLE PRESS., 1981.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 1981. Abbeville Press. 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine DJ. Slipcase slightly rubbed. A special edition signed by both authors with a foot of original film on a special bookplate inside the front cover.

Seller: Cottage Street Books, Greenwich, NY, U.S.A.

Frank Thomas; Ollie Johnston. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Pr, 1981.

Price: US$353.32 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New

Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank and Johnston, Ollie. DISNEY ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Press, New York, 1981.

Price: US$382.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 575 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt decoration of Geppetto painting Pinocchio on front cover and gilt title on spine. Very bright and clean. Small stain to bottom of 15 leaves, not affecting text. DJ has mild wear to edges. Illust. w/ 489 plates in full color and thousands of b/w illustrations. Contents very nice.

Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.

Frank Thomas; Ollie Johnston. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Pr, 1981.

Price: US$395.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 9780896592339 / 0896592332 This is the First Edition - Second Printing - Special Edition of Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. It has the cardboard casement, the authors autographs, and the filmstrip. The methods of Disney character development, including "two-dimensional" first attempts and the discovery of laws of animation, are discussed by experienced Disney animators and illustrated with more than thirteen hundred illustrations. The casement has a few small rubs and tiny edge-nicks. The book is definitely near-fine and I could not find any mar or blemeish. Please see pictures for condition PLEASE NOTE: SHIPPING WITHIN THE US IS $9.86

Seller: Good Tomes, Taylors, SC, U.S.A.

[DISNEY]. THOMAS, Frank & JOHNSTON, Ollie.. Disney Animation. The illusion of life.. Abbeville Press, [1981]., New York:, 1981.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Description: Thick folio. 575, [1] pp. 489 colour plates, 1000's of black & white illustrations. Red illustrated publisher's cloth, gilt illust. of Pinocchio on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, w/ d.j. wraparound cover art, F/F copy, preserved in fine colour-illustrated open-backed slipcase, die-cut window on one side, signed by both authors, w/ 12 in. original filmstrip mounted in protective sleeve on front pastedown, preserving the original Abbeville Press shipping box. First Deluxe edition, signed, and preserving film strip w/ 16 frames, of an absolutely superb and unopened copy of this famed history of the Disney animation process. Thomas & Johnston were longtime Disney animators who helped create the drawings for Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Sno White, Bambi, and so many others.

Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.

THOMAS, Frank and JOHNSTON, Ollie.. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life.. Abbeville Press, New York, 1981.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: 575 pp. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Large 4to, publisher's gilt red buckram in pictorial dust jacket and illustrated die-cut slipcase. First edition; Special Edition; signed by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, with a foot of original film. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. There is only very slight use to the slipcase. Additional postage applicable for this very heavy book.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie.. Disney Animation: the Illusion of Life. ABBEVILLE PRESS., NY, 1981.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Third Printing. INSCRIBED by Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston on the half-title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Lavishly produced gift book. Illustrated. ; 10 1/2" X 11 1/4"; 575 pages

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank; Johnston, Ollie. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S., 1981.

Price: US$550.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Signed on the publisher's bookplate by both authors, with a foot long strip of original film from a Disney feature under the bookplate. DJ has some minor edge wear but now in a dust jacket protector (which causes it to be quite snug in the slipcase. Housed in the publisher's near fine slipcase with original shipping carton. Film strip is of Mickey Mouse in wizard's hat and robe from Sorcerer's Apprentice - Fantasia.

Seller: Black Dog Books, Emerson, NJ, U.S.A.

Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston. Disney Animation: the Illusion of Life. New Yorik: Abbeville Press, Publishers, 1981.

Price: US$595.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Signed by both authors (both long-time Disney animators) on a special label mounted inside the front cover. In addition, a foot-long strip of 35mm film from a release print (with the optical sound track on one side) from "Snow White" is loosely laid in. The film is in a protective glassine sleeve; the colors are faded to a pinkish hue. Large, square, thick quarto in pictorial dust jacket with a pictorial slipcase showing Geppetto's workshop with a die-cut window revealing an illustration of a dancing Pinocchio outside on the dust jacket. Brimming with color and B&W illustrations. Condition: two small edge-tears (about 1/4") to the top edge of the dust jacket spine; else fine in a near fine DJ and slightly rubbed slipcase. 575 pages.

Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank (and Ollie Johnston). Disney Animation, the Illusion of Life. ABBEVILLE PRESS, 1981.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A spectacular special edition signed by the authors on the limitation plate on the front endpapers, and including a foot of original film from a class Disney feature. The film is of a wise old owl on a tree branch, from Winnie-the-Pooh? Undetermined. The book is in fine red cloth and is in beautiful condition. 575 pp. The dustjacket is near fine with light sunning and small inconspicuous tears but is complete and beautiful with colorful sketches from "Pinocchio." The slipcase is solid with an attractive cutout on the front that permits the book to show through. There are light touches of wear on the colorful pictures from "Pinocchio" carried throughout. A very attractive edition that provides in-depth detail on the Disney world of animation. The book is very heavy but the price includes the extra postage necessary.

Seller: Parrish Books, Sandy, OR, U.S.A.

FRANK, Thomas & Ollie JOHNSTON.. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life.. New York: Abbeville Press, [1981]., 1981.

Price: US$666.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. pp. 575. 489 colour illus. & 1000+ b/w illus. index. cloth. dw. (very minor wear to extremities). Slipcase (worn, bumped & scuffed). Signed by Thomas Frank & Ollie Johnston on front-endpaper bookplate with a foot of original film (Snow White). First Edition.

Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada

Thomas, Frank & Johnston, Ollie. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Press, New York, 1981.

Price: US$875.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 575 pages. First limited edition, first printing. Illustrated with numerous reproduction of sketches, drawings and full color animation cells. One of an unspecified number of copies comprising the "Special Edition", signed by Thomas & Johnston and with a foot of original Disney film "Bambi" laid in. The definitive study of Disney film-making. A Hollywood 100 book. Fine book in a fine dust jacket enclosed in an equally fine pictorial slipcase. A beautiful book.

Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.

Thomas, Frank and Ollie Johnston. Disney Animation, The Illusion of Life. Abbeville Press, New York, 1981.

Price: US$1080.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Second printing of the deluxe first edition, signed by the authors on mounted bookplate, with Disney cartoon film strip laid in. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt and yellow endpapers. Original illustrated slipcase in fine condition.

Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.