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Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
BIRTH OF THE LEGEND (CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) DISNEY STUDIOS, WALT. The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. Book I. Color illustrations throughout. Thin 8vo, original 1/4 blue cloth-backed pictorial boards, very light wear to spine tips, bright; dust jacket, corners clipped, 1/2-inch square chips to spine panel ends, slightly smaller chip to bottom of front flap fold into front panel slightly, creasing along folds and spine panel; a few marginal smudges on pages, else clean and unmarked. Philadelphia: David McKay, (1931)
first edition, with the exceptionally rare dust jacket. Considered the first Mickey Mouse book appearance, and also marks Donald Duck's first appearance in print. A true rarity; we find only one other copy at auction in an intact dust jacket in over two decades. Book debut for the most famous cartoon character ever created.
