”DIE WÜSTE LEBT" [The Living Desert]. Munich: Carl Gabler GMBH, 1954. First German edition, hardcover, 9.25"" x 11.5"", 75 pages. The book is a companion piece to the documentary film of the same name.  1954 Walt Disney Book Deluxe Art Edition LIVING DESERT True-Life Adventures 

Published in 1954 by Simon and Schuster (New York) in collaboration with Marc Barraud (Geneva) and printed in Switzerland.  
This deluxe hardcover book version includes elegant tipped-in plates that lift from the page to reveal a caption beneath each full-color photo; e.g. see image #4.

The 1953 Disney documentary The Living Desert depicted a day in the life of creatures living in a desert in the southwestern United States, following toads, reptiles, spiders, wild pigs, insects, mice and birds as they struggled to find food while not becoming prey themselves. Die Wüste Lebt is richly illustrated with 91 tipped-in color photographic plates, at least one plate per page. Geschrieben von Marcel Aymé, Louis Bromfield, Albert Camus, Paul Eipper, Julian Huxley, Francois Mauriac, André Maurois, Henry Montherlant. Übersetzung aus dem Engl. u. Französ. v. Margarete Mongelas. Produktion Marc Barraud. Mchn., Gabler, (1954). 29,5 x 23,5 cm. 75 S. Mit zahlr. mont. Farbfotos. Farb. illustr. OHlwd. - Entdeckungsreisen im Reiche der Natur, 1; in der Sammlung: Belauschte Schöpung im farbigen Bild. Hrsg. Armand A. Sigle.

Condition:  Very good +; light-moderately rubbed boards, interior text pages light age tone, corner tips rubbed/exposed inner board.  a very nice copy.