Bugs Bunny: Fifty Years and Only One Grey Hare [plus promotional magazine]

New York: Henry Holt and Company (A Donald Hutter Book). Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1990). First Edition. Hardcover. [extremely light shelfwear and minor bumping to lower corners, otherwise as-new; the jacket is similarly nice, with only some faint wrinkling along the top and bottom edges]. (color and B&W illustrations; photographs) A deeply-researched, entertainingly-written history of the "rabbit for all seasons," issued to mark the 50th anniversary of his creation, and covering his animated life from the several proto-Bugs bunnies that popped up in several Warner Bros. cartoons in the late 1930s, "through the classic Bugs of the 1940s and the ultimate refinements of his character in the 1950s and 1960s." With two Prefaces, by two of the wascally wabbit's directors:=, Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones. Also included is a 64-page magazine-format publication, "Bugs Bunny: He's 50 Folks!: A Special Birthday Tribute to America's Favorite Rabbit" (see second scanned image); among its many interesting features are interviews with both Freleng and Jones. ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk, domestic Media Mail shipping is free.**** .