The Disney Treasures

Book Description

Selected from the vast archives of The Walt Disney Company, this historic collection includes handwritten letters and notes of Walt's, rare character sketches from the 1930s and 1940s, replicas of Disneyland's opening- day tickets, photos, movie theater programs, comic strips, greeting cards, commissary menus, and other treasures, reproduced in facsimile form. Many of these special features are designed to be removable so readers can touch and hold masterfully reproduced bits of history. In addition, the book comes with a 60-minute CD that features previously unheard audio of Walt Disney, radio commercials from the 1950s, and never-before-released sound tracks from the parks' most popular attractions.

Customer Reviews:

wonderful collectible.......2007-01-11

Being big disney fans, my son really enjoyed receiving this as a Christmas gift. It comes beautifully packaged and is a great addition to his collection. Playing the cd's brings fond memories of the rides and attractions at Disneyland Park and makes you wish you were there.

Disney Treasures and Keepsakes are a Must Have.......2007-01-10

These books are like a pop up book on steroids...They are FULL of interesting little pieces that you can take out and look at, like letters from Walt to Lillian, ride tickets from the early days and all sorts of other things...These 2 books are worth every penny!!!

Nice book for the Disney Fan.......2007-01-10

You must be a Disney fan for truly appreciate this book. If that is your case, you'll love it!!. The "pockets" where some of the "souvenirs" are located are a little tight, and can tear with ease. Other than that, it is a nice idea.

Disney Treasures.......2006-11-03

I absolutely love this book! I love seeing replicas of letters, stories, pamphlets, early drawings, etc. When people come to visit they pick it up and are as fascinated as we are. It's one of the coolest books we own.

The Disney Treasures.......2006-03-20

This book is a timeless classic, an absolute gem. For anyone wishing to get a real glimpse into the magic that is Disney this is the book.It offers historical insight and hands on replica memorabilia. I found this book full of information and fun.Beautifully presented.

Walt Disney Treasures - Disney Comics: 75 Years of Innovation

Average customer rating:

Would have given 5
Good overall collection of Disney comics
Very uneven collection
Gemstone and Gladstone
Good sampling of Disney Comics

Walt Disney Treasures - Disney Comics: 75 Years of Innovation
Floyd Gottfredson , Ted Osborne , Walt Kelly , Hubie Karp , Carl Buettner , Bill Walsh , Carl Barks , Gil Turner , Don R. Christensen , Romano Scarpa , Dick Kinney , Eirik Ildahl , Fred Milton , Daan Jippes , Renato Canini , Earl Duvall , Ted Thwaites , Wilfred Haughton , and Al Taliaferro
Manufacturer: Gemstone Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Comic Strips | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 1888472375

Book Description

Short stories and long adventures marking milestones in Disney Comics history. Join us as we travel from the Mickey Mouse epics of Floyd Gottfredson and Paul Murry to the long Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge adventures of Carl Barks and Don Rosa! Also included are Romano Scarpa's Goofy and Renato Canini's Jose Carioca; Dutch "Donaldism" by Daan Jippes and Mau Heymans; Egmont creators Vicar, Daniel Branca, Byron Erickson, Cesar Ferioli and more!

Customer Reviews:

Would have given 5.......2007-03-31

But since there is no hardcover addition and this is a cheap destined to break paperback I must give it one star.
Please Gemstone and Dark Horse rerelease your titles in hardback. The quality is unacceptable. Please don't buy the product until you see a hardback edition is offered.

Good overall collection of Disney comics.......2007-01-07

First of all, I did not expect the book to be so small...but then I figured it was made to be the size of an actual comic book page, so I was able to live with that. The contents of the book are excellent, and while I would have appreciated more pages dedicated to discussing the history of the Disney comics, the selections, though random, do provide a nice overall essay of all the different characters that became popular in the comic book format.

Very uneven collection.......2006-11-10

Plenty of great comics put together with mediocre ones.

Why not more Carl Barks'and Fred Gottfredson's creations ? The more recent titles (with one or two honorable exceptions)are well below Bark's and Godfredson's levels.

Gemstone and Gladstone.......2006-08-06

Comics were made to sell for 5 or 10 cents, but the modern comic, even full of distracting ads, runs two or three dollars. Gladstone/ Another Rainbow Publishing came up with a great idea. In the '90s they presented Carl Barks' duck comics in graphic novel format, which they called comic albums, for between six and ten dollars.

Absolutely great, what? You bet, until in one of a string of bloomers the proprietary Disney Company snatched back the license and made a botched effort at doing its own comics (this sort of thing was legion at that time and stirred Roy Disney to make a website called Save Disney). Now for the good news: the entire Gladstone run is still available, and some have even been combined into larger albums including two to four of the original oversize full-color comic albums.

"Disney Treasures", of course, refers to the lavishly packaged metal-boxed DVD sets of cartoons and other retro Disney shows. It's a brainstorm to lay this book out in that format and it holds up quite well, since this brief overview samples the American and European comics from the 1930s to the present.

David Gerstein contributes an invaluable two page essay for this book in which the comics are otherwise presented without comment. He alludes, ever so briefly, to the '50s book, Seduction of the Innocents, which started a crusade against comic books on the grounds that they were too violent and graphic in the gory sense. The result of that was the Comics Code, which was on every Gold Key and thus Disney comic. Dell had its own version of the code, and assured parents that "Dell Comics are Good Comics," thus assuring free access for kids.

Gerstein repeats the old saw that until then comics weren't for kids, and that graphic novels have brought back the pre-code days with a vengeance. I merely retort that the very idea of comics in this era fashioned them for youth and that this innocence brought out the best in Disney and other artists and made Gold Key comics the good part of being sick, since you'd inevitably get the latest adventures of the Junior Woodchucks or Mickey VS the Phantom Blot.

When the license went from Dell to Western Publishing the printing quality declined, but Gladstone later lifted it to a level of archival quality with its beautiful volumes. The general view is that in terms of the silver screen cartoon shorts, Donald was a much more interesting protagonist than Mickey, but in the comics, I think fans of Carl Barks' duck comics (translated well to TV in DuckTales) will enjoy discovering Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse.

So what is the relation of Gemstone to Gladstone? Gerstein assures me that it's the same crew. Whatever the reason for the name change, Steve Geppi, a close friend of the late Bruce Hamilton, founder of Gladstone, is now carrying the torch. The many great cartoons now available on DVD make this a new Golden Age for animation, and more good news: Gladstone/ Gemstone are now leading a comics revival.

Good sampling of Disney Comics.......2006-08-01

With 75 years and probably thousands of stories to choose from, it couldn't have been easy to select the stories that made it into this volume. The folks at Gemstone did an admirable job, though, with a wonderful sampling of rarely reprinted comics from the US and Disney's foreign publishers -- some being reprinted in English for the first time. Most of the legendary Disney comic creators are represented here, from Floyd Gottfredson to William Van Horn to Don Rosa to the immortal Carl Barks. Even Walt Kelly has a short story in this volume.

In addition to a great sampling of creators, this book also has a good sampling of characters. You get the expected stories of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge and Goofy, but you also see Lil' Bad Wolf, Brer Rabbit, Bucky Bug, Gremlins, Fethry Duck and Launchpad McQuack taking the helm of their own adventures.

Gemstone has replicated the DVD format, from the cover (including nice art by Don Rosa) to essays by David Gerstein (taking the Leonard Maltin role for the book). The only real weakness to this book is that the stories seem to have been selected solely for their rarity, with no real common theme or thread to hold the book together. Hopefully future volumes in the series will address this issue. As it is, this is a fine sampling, one that any Disney comic fan will enjoy.

PassPorter's Treasure Hunts at Walt Disney World (Passporter Treasure Hunts at Walt Disney World & Disney Cruise Line)

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PassPorter's Treasure Hunts at Walt Disney World
Amazing Guide
Great fun!
Two thumbs WAY up for Treasure Hunts!
PassPorter's Treasure Hunts at WDW is a real TREASURE!!

PassPorter's Treasure Hunts at Walt Disney World (Passporter Treasure Hunts at Walt Disney World & Disney Cruise Line)

Manufacturer: PassPorter Travel Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Travel Games | Puzzles & Games | Entertainment | Subjects | Books

Family Travel | Specialty Travel | Travel | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 1587710269

Book Description

Adding an extra dimension of fun to a Walt Disney World visit, the more than 100 treasure hunts in this book lead visitors to the many hidden gems in the theme parks, water parks, and resort hotels. The hunts are suitable for all ages and treasure-seeking abilities, from children and first-time visitors to eagle-eyed park veterans. Clues are presented in the form of questions and are ranked by difficulty level, with a challenge for everyone. Answers are provided in “locked treasure chests” in the back of the book. Readers must open the sealed "treasure chest" pages to reveal the answers, thus inhibiting peeking or accidental reading.

Customer Reviews:

PassPorter's Treasure Hunts at Walt Disney World.......2007-09-07

I'm sure this is a perfectly wonderful book and I'll give it 5 stars based on how well it's written and how much fun it looks like it would be. However, I bought this book along with the Hidden Mickey's book and we soon learned it was impossible to do both, so we chose looking for Hidden Mickeys. I think the Treasure Hunts would be a lot of fun for large families, church or school groups.

Amazing Guide.......2007-04-10

This lets you see the ins and outs of Disney. It lets you look at Disney in a different way. It's just fun and it's great. So it's great fun!!!!!

Great fun!.......2007-02-12

Can't wait to take this book on our next trip to WDW! We have been to WDW 78 times in the past 10 years and we still couldn't answer most of the questions at home -- so it will be a treasure-hunting experience for us!

Two thumbs WAY up for Treasure Hunts!.......2006-06-28

I am a Passporter Book fan and when I heard the Treasure Hunts book was coming out, I was very excited!! The book is a great, fun idea and I can't wait to use it in the parks on my next trip! For someone who is mezmerized by the Imagineers attention to detail, this book is a welcome addition to my Disney book collection!

PassPorter's Treasure Hunts at WDW is a real TREASURE!!.......2006-05-19

This book is incredible - there is something for EVERY WDW visitor - whether it is your first visit, or your 50th!

I really like the flexibility the authors have built into the book - your treasure hunt can be personalized to fit into whatever time or plans you have available!!

Just another way the PassPorter authors have of bringing just a little more magic to your WDW vacation - this is a must buy!

Average customer rating:

Perfect!

Treasures of Disney Animation Art
John Canemaker
Manufacturer: Disney Editions
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0896600319

Customer Reviews:

Perfect!.......2007-06-27

As an animator and one of the biggest Disney fans out there, this big has everything you want to know and need to know about how the Disney animation process is done. This book along with the Art of Disney and The Illusion of Life are a great combo together.

Enchanting Treasures (Reusable Sticker Book)

Average customer rating:

Just ok
BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD

Enchanting Treasures (Reusable Sticker Book)
RH Disney
Manufacturer: RH/Disney
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Action & Adventure | Literature | Children's Books | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0736420509
Release Date: 2002-09-24

Book Description

Reusable stickers make this an awesome interactive way to enjoy the Disney Princesses. Big pages and bold art will have young girls placing the stickers again and again in fabulous scenes featuring the bestselling Disney characters Cinderella, Belle, Snow White, Ariel, and more.

Customer Reviews:

Just ok.......2007-09-09

I bought this for my three-year-old niece who is just getting into princesses. They added some new glitter stickers, which are nice, but they stuck together during shipping. One of the Belle stickers got wrecked as a result.

Also, I don't see why they need to put so many pictures of the Disney villains in here. It can be scary for littler kids. We had to pull them all out first just in case.

Otherwise, it's a good time filler if you're on a plane or in a restaurant.

BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD.......2007-08-12

This is a wonderful item! Reusable stickers! The pages are colorful, and the stickers can be used again and again. The sticker pages have numbers that coincide with the pages so you know where the stickers should go. My 4 yr and 2 yr old daughters sometimes put them on the right page, but often design their own scene.

Mickey Mouse: The Treasure Hunt (Pop Up Pals)

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Mickey Mouse: The Treasure Hunt (Pop Up Pals)
Walt Disney
Manufacturer: Mouse Works
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Baby-3 | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1570820945

Peter Pan: Friends Ahoy! (Disney's Storytime Treasures Library)

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Peter Pan: Friends Ahoy! (Disney's Storytime Treasures Library)
Disney Enterprises Inc , and Ronald Kidd
Manufacturer: Advance Publishers LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

The Jungle Book: A Friend for Life (Disney's "Storytime Treasures" Library, Volume 6)

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The Jungle Book: A Friend for Life (Disney's "Storytime Treasures" Library, Volume 6)
Lisa Ann Marsoli
Manufacturer: Advance Publishers LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Ages 4-8 | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1579730027

Treasure Planet: Pirate Attack! (Step into Reading Movie Reader, Step 3)

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pirates attack

Treasure Planet: Pirate Attack! (Step into Reading Movie Reader, Step 3)
Dennis Shealy , and Disney Storyboard Artists
Manufacturer: RH/Disney
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Popular Culture | Literature | Children's Books | Subjects | Books

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General | Science Fiction | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0736420215
Release Date: 2002-10-15

Book Description

Alien pirates, robots, cyborgs, and adventure all rolled into one swashbuckling Step into Reading! Disney’s newest animated feature, Treasure Planet, is a futuristic version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, Treasure Island.

Customer Reviews:

pirates attack.......2005-11-20

I give this book 4 stars. I've never seen the movie treasure planet, but this book gives me the basic idea of what it is about. This book has an excellent lesson that friendship is very important. This is a step 3 reading book. The pictures are perfect, and the text is great for beginning readers or readers who don't want to read. I would recommend this book to someone who knows a reluctant reader; it will surely stimulate them to read.

Barbie Exclusives: Identification & Values Featuring : Department Store Specials Porcelain Treasures & Disney (Barbie Exclusives)

Average customer rating:

The WORST of all Barbie Book Series!
Great

Barbie Exclusives: Identification & Values Featuring : Department Store Specials Porcelain Treasures & Disney (Barbie Exclusives)
Margo Rana
Manufacturer: Collector Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Dolls | Antiques & Collectibles | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

General | Antiques & Collectibles | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

Popular Culture | Antiques & Collectibles | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

Reference | Antiques & Collectibles | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0891456325

Book Description

Barbie store specials are hot with collectors! Features the Barbie "department store specials" from Wal-Mart, Sears, Disney, porcelain treasures and many more. Dolls are shown in vivid close-ups with fantastic details, information, and the current collector value. 300 color photos. 160 pages.

Customer Reviews:

The WORST of all Barbie Book Series!.......2003-01-25

If you have any love of the English language, and are able to tell good photographs from bad ones, you will truly dislike all of the books by this woman that I have read, including Barbie Exclusives volumes 1, 2 and 3. The text is virtually unreadable, almost completely devoid of any real information, and is generally a painful experience. The photographs are almost equally bad, ranging from grainy yellowish shots, to lovely ones in which box-front glare almost obliterates any details of the doll inside. Truly, you can do much better than this series! Try the Collector's Encyclopedia of Barbie Doll Exclusives and More by J. Michael Augustyniak.

Great.......2000-01-04

Excellent and informative book. Was able to locate dolls and pricing from book that I could not find in other books! Great pictures, comments and descriptions!

Average customer rating:

Found the way

Not as useful as I had hoped

A need for an oil painter.

Painting Beautiful Skin Tones: One of the Most Misleading Titles Ever

Painting Beautiful Skin Tones a must for the portrait painter

Painting Beautiful Skin Tones With Color & Light in Oil, Pastel and Watercolor
Chris Saper
Manufacturer: North Light Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Using Color | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
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Brushwork Essentials: How to Render Expressive Form and Texture With Every Stroke

ASIN: 1581801637

Book Description

Artists constantly tell us that they need guidance for rendering skin tones in their portraiture. This book helps them overcome this elusive challenge by providing a clear set of easy-to-follow principles for painting a variety of skin tones in three major mediums--oil, pastel and watercolor. The first chapter is rooted in the basics, showing artists how to recognize and use the five major elements of painting: drawing, value, color, composition and edges. From there, artists learn how to work with light, shadow and color to effectively capture the beautiful skin tones of various ethnic groups, including Caucasian, Asian, African-American and Hispanic. Next, artists discover how to execute the principles learned, using detailed instruction for color selection, mixing and application. Four mini-demos, three long demos and many examples illustrate the lessons. Artists will benefit from advice on shooting and choosing photographs to paint, how to edit their compositions and work past their limitations.

Customer Reviews:

Found the way.......2007-02-04

Great work for painters...

The book was ordered to find out what I did wrong in painting portraits in oil. Clearly instructed by the book I now improved my skills dramatically, especially painting eyes... with the look of love.

Not as useful as I had hoped.......2007-01-21

I happen to think the pictures in this book are beautiful. I wish I could achieve the same level of competence with color. By buying the book, I hoped to improve my ability to quickly make sound color choices, but try as I have, I just can't get the needed information from this book. I have purchased quite a few books on painting, and some have really helped me. The really frustrating thing is that it's obvious she knows what she's doing, but equally obvious she has a hard time communicating it.

If you already understood the topic, I'm sure you would get some comforting reassurance from seeing that which you have grasped reaffirmed. If you are not already a good artist, it's pure misery to try and figure out what she is saying. I have read every word and studied every picture in some cases 3 to 5 times, and I have taken little away.

I'm sure that if she were watching me paint, I would eventually understand what she is teaching, but I was not able to get much from the book. I did enjoy looking at the pictures, but the text is pure torture.

A need for an oil painter........2006-11-13

A very excellent reference book. A must for a novice painter.

Painting Beautiful Skin Tones: One of the Most Misleading Titles Ever.......2006-10-23

I agree with several of the previous reviewers. I believe that some of the writing on skin tones offers great insight. I also believe that most of the portraits in the book are garish at best. If there were Sears Portrait Studios around before the invention of photography there is no doubt that their portraits would look like these paintings. I would even be okay with that if it weren't for the fact that the book does not even begin to discuss skin tone until halfway through the book. I would say that 1/5 of the book is actually about skin tone. The rest of the book is just like any other beginners How-To. The basics of painting. Unfortunately there is little about skin tone.

Painting Beautiful Skin Tones a must for the portrait painter.......2006-08-18

This book is excellent. Well written, easy to follow. An abundance of information. Good color information and color wheels. I refer to this book in the planning stage of each portrait.

Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color & Light

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Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color & Light
Chris Saper
Manufacturer: David & Charles Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0715312669

Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color & Light in oil, pastel, and watercolor

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Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color & Light in oil, pastel, and watercolor
Saper Chris
Manufacturer: North Light Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UIIXS8

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