This Abbeville edition had a heavy rich paper stock and better reproduction than the Hyperion edition--and current Disney edition--which used a thin glossy paper stock that muddied the reproduction.

This book gives a history of Disney animation, explaining the processes involved in clear, non-technical terms. The philosophy is expressed in the so-called 12 basic principles of animation. It contains 489 plates in full color, as well as thousands of black-and-white illustrations, ranging from storyboard sketches to entire animation sequences