Walt Disney — Mickey Mouse the Boat-Builder

New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1938 . First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of this charming children's picture book from Disney, produced to coincide with the release of their 1938 short film 'Boat Builders&apos. A scare first edition.In this charming tale, Mickey Mouse and his friends Donald Duck and Goofy look at a blueprint for a boat made by the Ready-Cut Folding Boat Company, but find that the boat is harder to build than they anticipated.Illustrated throughout with vignettes and full page illustrations, ten in bluetone, and eight in redtone. Collated, complete.The tale features classic characters Goofy, Mickey Mouse, and Donald Duck. In the publisher's original pictorial paper covered boards. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small loss of paper and closed tear to tail. Light handling marks to front board. Tape repair to closed tear to rear free endpaper. Internally, text block a touch tenderly held. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type, otherwise clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Walt Disney. Very Good .