Saturday's Toys Presents Treasures from Disney Historian Paul F. Anderson 

We are pleased to represent a unique selection of items from the personal collection of Paul F. Anderson, noted Disney author, researcher, and historian.  Paul is also founder of the Disney History Institute.

This listing includes:

First edition, first printing, of the classic Charles Solomon book, THE DISNEY THAT NEVER WAS - The Stories and Art from Five Decades of Unproduced Animation.  (Dec. 1995) 

This landmark text recaptures the lost art of the animators, illustrators and artists who created work for Disney that was never released to the public... including: Marc Davis, Kay Nielsen, Sylvia Holland, Ches Cobb, Mary Blair, Ferdinand Horvath, Howard Kakudce, Bill Peet, Mel Shaw, Ken Anderson, Joe Bodrero and so many more.  This is the quality of artistry that future generations will understand to be the hallmark of the Walt Disney Studio.

Includes previously unreleased art from "Don Quixote", early versions of "Fantasia" (The Concert Feature), "Chanticleer and Reynard", wartime propaganda films, "Hiawatha" and "Destino" (with Salvador Dali) and more.

10.5" x 10.25"; published by Hyperion

Kudos to animation historian Charles Solomon for this masterful work!  

214 pages; excellent condition; with original dust jacket.  Beautifully preserved in dark storage for the past three decades. 

Among the finest publications ever assembled on this history of Walt Disney animation and the entertainment product created at the Walt Disney Studio.

Published in 1995 by Hyperion

Includes Certificate of Authenticity

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PAUL F. ANDERSON BIOGRAPHY:

Paul F. Anderson has spent well over half of his life researching, writing, and delving into the creative legacy of Walt Disney. He began this interest in the mid-Seventies when his father gifted him with a copy of Christopher Finch’s Art of Walt Disney.  Over the next several years, he researched, studied, and wrote about the life and times of Walt Disney. This interest continued on through college and served as a subject for his Master’s Degree. As a recognized expert on Walt Disney and his works, he was contacted by PBS in 1989 to work on a television documentary exploring the history of animation. Starting as the “Disney historian” on the project, he began to interview many of the old-timers that had worked with Disney. In little time, he found himself serving as Associate Producer on the show, titled Cartoon Mania!  This work for PBS provided him with the opportunity and inspiration to preserve Disney history, which he does by interviewing many of the creative individuals that worked with Walt Disney.  Feeling a need, and a responsibility, for his work to be shared with others, Paul started a historical journal devoted to the creative legacy of Walt Disney titled Persistence of Vision, for which he served as editor and publisher. Paul has also traveled across the United States giving lectures and talks on Walt Disney, as well as to teach an occasional college class on Walt Disney in American Culture.

Born in Sheridan Wyoming in 1962, Paul currently lives near Salt Lake City, Utah.