John Libbey & Company Ltd. has published WALT DISNEY AND EUROPE by Robin
Allan. The work is a study of the way Europe and European culture
influenced Walt Disney and his artists in the making of the Disney animated
feature films from SNOW WHITE to THE JUNGLE BOOK. The book is 368 pages,
and lavishly illustrated in black and white and color with many
illustrations that have never been published. Paperback: ISBN
1-86462-041-2; £22.50; Hardback: ISBN 1-86462-040-4; £40.00. Robin Allan
will be doing signings on Thursday, September 2 at 7 pm at Waterstone's
Bookshop at 91 Deansgate in Manchester, England, and the main book launch
takes place on Wednesday, September 8 at 6:30 pm at The Animation Art
Gallery at 13-14 Great Castle Street in London, England. For more
information telephone Angie Needs, John Libbey & Co. Ltd., at 0181 947
2777; or e-mail johnlibbey@aol.com; or visit www.johnlibbey.com.


Robin Allan wrote about Disney for the April 1999 issue of Animation World
Magazine in "Walt Disney's Make Mine Music: A Reassessment".