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FELIX: The Twisted Tale of the World's Most Famous Cat
by Canemaker, John
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 067940127X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679401278
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A. : Pantheon, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Handsomely illustrated--with more than 150 black-and-white photos and full-color pages--FELIX is a stylishly written account of the scandal and intrigue behind the creation and marketing of the most popular, best animated, and financially successful cartoon of the silent era, as well as an illuminating study of film animation in the years before Walt Disney. Felix the Cat was the first cartoon character to exhibit an individual "personality" in moving pictures, preceding Mickey Mouse by a decade. From 1919 to 1933 Felix was internationally celebrated, as popular throughout the world as Chaplin and Buster Keaton. The producer of the films, Pat Sullivan--a journeyman artist, chronic alcoholic, and convicted rapist--claimed credt for creating and developing Felix, yet in truth it was Otto MesSmer, Sullivan's brilliant, self-effacing production manager who conceived, animated, and directed more than two hundred Felix films during the height of the cat's popularity. Messmer never saw any of the enormous profits from his creation, and until the mid-seventies--when John Canemaker uncovered his signal contribution--his importance to the art of animation was unNkown to all but a few. Canemaker is also the author of WINDOR McKAY: His Life and Art. As new, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. [Not remainder-mared or price-clipped] BUND
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023286
- Title
- FELIX: The Twisted Tale of the World's Most Famous Cat
- Author
- Canemaker, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 067940127X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679401278
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 378
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Product_type
- 2
Terms of Sale
Joe Staats, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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