Walt Disney: The Magic Gallery

Verona: Edizione Mondadori. Fine in Very Good+ dj. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. [a nice clean book with no discernible wear; the jacket has a number of scuff marks near the top of the rear panel]. (color illustrations) An interesting little book, which (its English-language title notwithstanding) appears to have been published only in Italy, with an Italian text (although it clearly was authorized by Disney, to which the copyright is credited). The cover blurb, "Quattromila anni di arte immortale con Paperino, Topolino & Co.," translates as "Four thousand years of immortal art with Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse & Co." The conceit of the book is that some piece of artwork (often by well-known artists with distinctive styles, e.g. Warhol, Lichtenstein, Picasso, Brancusi, etc.) is reproduced on the left-hand page, and on the facing page is a "Disneyfied" version -- either a direct imitation (such as Goofy standing in for the Mona Lisa, as depicted in the jacket illustration) or something more along the lines of "inspired by" or "in the style of." It's great fun, and absolutely no knowledge of Italian is required to appreciate the book. (It's possible that there was a U.S. edition of this book under a different title, but if so I've been unable to find it -- or maybe the whole idea of it was considered a little too esoteric for an American readership.) .