Hurter, Albert - Illustrations; Introduction & Captioning by Ted Sears — HE DREW AS HE PLEASED - A Sketchbook

Simon & Schuster, 1948. [ ] Hardback, quarto, appx 9 1/8 x 12 1/8 inches, brick red titling on light gray cloth, unpaginated (appx 200 pages), G+/no dj. Snug binding. Top corners bumped (back cover rather light, front cover a moderate bump with top corner effects within through first third of the book). Corners also rubbed through + wear/fraying at the spine-ends & titling a bit faded. Covers on the clean side except ofc small red pencil doodle. No previous owner names but ffep small red pencil doodle + front pastedown (ifc) 2-inch black accidental pen streak & each rear endpaper a small brown spot. Half-title, title page, & interior pages very clean, printed one-color black throughout. Each right-hand page numerous vignette drawings reproduced & about every-other left-hand page a very short cutline caption. At the front: photo portrait of Hurter, 6-pg (triple spaced) Introduction by Ted Sears + brief remark by Walt Disney. Publisher's Acknowledgment at the rear. RWR5 Drawing Cartooning Cartoon Art Walt Disney Studio Good