Ave Maria: An Interpretation from Walt Disney's Fantasia by Field, Rachel; Schubert, Franz - 1940

New York: Random House, ( 1940 ). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, unpaginated, blue cloth, strong hinges at illustrated endpapers. " Franz Schubert wrote the music in 1825 to verses in 'The Lady in the Lake' by Sir Walter Scott. It was later discovered that the words of the Latin prayer, Ave Maria, could also be sung to this music and many people believe that the prayer served as Schubert's original inspiration. At the time the Disney artists were working on Fantasia, Miss Field visited the studio and saw the pictures that had been created to interpret 'Ave Maria'. She was so deeply impressed by their mystical quality that she wrote the moving and beautiful verses presented here for the first time." The Publishers. Enahnced with gilt ink, color illustrations.

[New York]:: Random House,, [1940].. First edition.. publisher's gilt-lettered cloth in dust jacket.. Slight tanning to endsheets; tiny areas of rubbing to extremities of cloth; otherwise fine in a price-clipped jacket with a few small chips and light soiling.. Large 8vo,. Illustrated in color.. Lyrics by Rachel Field.

[New York]:: Random House,, [1940].. First edition.. publisher's gilt-lettered cloth in dust jacket.. Fine in a jacket with tiny areas of use along edges.. Large 8vo,. Illustrated in color.. Lyrics by Rachel Field.

Walt Disney Productions/A Random House Book, 1940. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on front cover. Normal shelf wear. Natural toning to endpapers and paste-downs. DJ moderately soiled. Wear to edges w/ light chipping to corners and spine ends. Spine a bit sunned. Few creases to front panel of DJ. Illust. w/ color and b/w drawings. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.