Carl Barks, Walt Disney DONALD DUCK 1978 and 12 similar items

Walt Disney DONALD DUCK Foreword By Carl Barks New York, N.Y.: Abbeville Press, Inc. Publishers, (1978). First edition, first printing. Inscribed in green ink with the salutation "Welcome to Duckburg!", SIGNED and dated 1979 by Carl Barks to the title page. ISBN 0896590062 to the copyright page and with no statement of subsequent printings. (Reissued in 1989 by Abbeville in a book production that was slightly smaller, lighter weight, thinner pages, and with a yellow dust jacket). The development of the Donald Duck comics is a splendid eye-catching journey in this color collection of his greatest stories, presented year by year from 1944 through 1952. The comics were personally selected by the Donald Duck artist and writer Carl Barks, who has contributed a color illustrated, lengthy foreword providing details on Donald's origins. Fine in laminated white cloth with color illustration to the front cover and with black titles to the spine, red-and-yellow headband and tail-band, brick-red end-papers; no dust jacket. The book weighs three pounds and ten ounces. Quarto, 9.80" wide by 13.30" tall by 1.20" thick; 195 pages; Mickey's Tour of the Disney Animation Department; Mickey's Guide to Familiar Disney Comic Characters; Graphic Development; Expressions Images; and character names in nine different languages. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.