The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story.
Dahl, Roald [Walt Disney]
From Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since September 24, 2003
From Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since September 24, 2003
About this Item
First edition of Dahlâ s rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. Quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Walt Disney on the half-title page, "To Joan With Best Wishes Walt Disney." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Walt Disney. Dahl was sent to Washington in 1942 as an assistant air attachĂ for the British Embassy. After having a story published anonymously in the Saturday Evening Post, he was encouraged by C. S. Forester. He produced The Gremlins, a childrenâ s story expanding on a mythical creature enshrined for years in RAF lore (notwithstanding Dahlâ s claims to have invented the word) and sent it to Sidney Bernstein, the head of the British Information Service, who sent it on to Walt Disney. Disney decided to make it into a movie, at one point bringing Dahl to Hollywood to work on the screenplay. The story was published in Cosmopolitan in December of 1942, and as a book by Random House six months later. The film project, however, was sidelined and has never been produced. The story was received positively: Eleanor Roosevelt read it to her grandchildren, and invited Dahl to the White House. The 1984 film Gremlins, produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Joe Dante, is loosely inspired by Dahl's characters, featuring evil and destructive monsters which mutate from small furry creatures. Seller Inventory # 103458
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney ...
Publisher: Random House, New York
Publication Date: 1943
Binding: Hardcover
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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