THE TONTINE ILLUSTRATED BY HERBERT RYMAN & AUTOGRAPHED TO FLOYD GOTTFREDSON!

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THE TONTINE ILLUSTRATED BY HERBERT RYMAN & AUTOGRAPHED TO FLOYD GOTTFREDSON!
For That Special Herb Ryman Legacy Collector!
You Are Bidding on a Two-Volume Book Set published in 1955 titled: The Tontine by Thomas Costain and Illustrated by the Master Artist Herbert Ryman
Not only does this classic novel intersect the talents of two gifted and eminently successful artists, but both books are personally autographed by Herb Ryman to a third titan of talent, Arthur Floyd Gottfredson, who created his defining artwork as the daily artist of Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Comic Strip for over 45 years!
This two-volume set of The Tontine was given to Floyd Gottfredson by Herb Ryman with the inscription: - To my friends - Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Gottfredson with my thanks for our long friendship Herbert Ryman April 1980
This First Edition Set of The Tontine was published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York with a Copyright © 1955 by Thomas B. Costain. The novel is an awesome book full of interesting characters who entered into The Tontine, which was a form of gambling, combined with a great income for those who outlived the others. The English tradition of a tontine cost each participant to spend 100 guineas to enter. When a person who enters dies, the money goes to each remaining participant as an annuity. As more people die, the people still alive at the end can receive large amounts of money. Those who participated in author Thomas Costain’s Tontine included ex-kings, princesses, millionaires, actresses, sailors, planters and portrait painters. The novel narrates their lives in a book containing romance, industrialism and the building of wealth by some at the ultimate demise of others.
Herb Ryman and Floyd Gottfredson we great friends as they shared extensive careers with Walt Disney. Disney hired Floyd Gottfredson as an in-betweener artist on December 19, 1929. In April 1930, he started working on the four-month-old Mickey Mouse comic strip with the promise that it would only be a temporary project. As it turned out, Gottfredson continued to produce the Mickey Mouse strip for the next 45 years. Floyd Gottfredson probably had the same impact on the Mickey Mouse comics as Carl Barks had on the Donald Duck comics!
Ryman joind the Disney Studios on Pinocchio in 1938. He also served as the Art Director on Dumbo, Fantasia, and Victory Through Air Power. He worked on The Three Caballeros & Saludos Amigos as a Art Supervisor. Herb Ryman is best known for his stunning conceptual drawings of Walt Disney’s Disneyland, Walt Disney World, EPCOT and Tokyo Disneyland where he inspired viewers since his very first 1953 drawings of the proposed amusement park that helped to secure the needed million dollars from the bankers to build the park.
These Two Volumes of “The Tontine” are in excellent condition condition with no torn pages, a strong binding, and no writing or marks other than the hand written personalization of both volumes by Herb Ryman.
The book’s dust covers, however, are in poor condition and have been repaired with with tape. Except For the Dust Covers, these two books are in excellent condition for being over 65 YEARS OLD!
We are willing to work on the price for this item, therefore we have listed it as a BUY-IT-NOW item. You also have the opportunity to MAKE-AN-OFFER!
- PLEASE NOTE - The Two-Volume Set Of “The Tontine” is the only item that you are bidding on in this ebay listing. The other photographs are provided for illustrative purposes only and not a part of this sale!
We have also been going through a large number of Disney Memorabilia boxes containing thousands of items that we have collected over the past 45 years! Take a look at our “OTHER ITEMS” and then mark our “Ebay Store” as one of your favorites. We will continue to add more Disney Memorabilia Items often!
DESCRIPTION
For That
Special
Herb
Ryman
Legacy
Collector!
You Are Bidding on a
Two-Volume Book Set
published in 1955
titled:
The
Tontine
by
Thomas
Costain
and
Illustrated
by the
Master
Artist
Herbert
Ryman
Not only does this classic novel
intersect the talents of two
gifted and eminently
successful artists, but both
books are personally
autographed by Herb Ryman
to a third titan of talent,
Arthur Floyd Gottfredson,
who created his
defining artwork
as the daily artist of Walt Disney
’
s
Mickey Mouse Comic Strip
for over 45 years!
This two-volume
set of
The Tontine
was given to
Floyd Gottfredson
by Herb Ryman
with the
inscription:
- To my friends -
Mr. & Mrs. Floyd
Gottfredson
with my thanks for
our long friendship
Herbert Ryman
April 1980
This First Edition Set of The Tontine was
published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.,
Garden City, New York with a
Copyright © 1955 by Thomas B. Costain.
The novel is an awesome book full of
interesting characters who entered into
The Tontine, which was a form of gambling,
combined with a great income for those
who outlived the others.  The English
tradition of a tontine cost each participant
to spend 100 guineas to enter.  When a
person who enters dies, the money goes to
each remaining participant as an annuity.
As more people die, the people still alive
at the end can receive large amounts of
money.  Those who participated in author
Thomas Costain
’
s Tontine included ex-kings,
princesses, millionaires, actresses,
sailors, planters and portrait painters.
The novel narrates their lives in a book
containing romance, industrialism and
the building of wealth by some at
the ultimate demise of others.
Herb Ryman and Floyd Gottfredson
we great friends as they shared
extensive careers with Walt Disney.
Disney hired Floyd Gottfredson as an
in-betweener artist on December 19, 1929.
In April 1930, he started working on the
four-month-old Mickey Mouse comic strip
with the promise
that it would only be a
temporary project.  As it turned out,
Gottfredson continued to produce the
Mickey Mouse strip for the next 45 years.
Floyd Gottfredson probably had the same
impact on the Mickey Mouse comics as
Carl Barks had on the Donald Duck comics!
Ryman joind the Disney
Studios
on Pinocchio in 1938.  He also served as the
Art Director on Dumbo, Fantasia, and
Victory Through Air Power.
He
worked on
The Three Caballeros &
Saludos Amigos
as a Art Supervisor.  Herb Ryman is
best known for his stunning conceptual
drawings of Walt Disney
’
s Disneyland,
Walt Disney World, EPCOT and Tokyo
Disneyland where he inspired viewers
since his very first 1953 drawings of the
proposed amusement park that helped
to secure the needed million dollars
from the bankers to build the park.
These
Two Volumes
of
“
The Tontine
”
are in excellent condition
condition with no torn
pages, a strong binding,
and no writing or marks
other than the hand
written personalization
of both volumes by
Herb Ryman.
The book
’
s dust covers,
however, are in poor
condition and have been
repaired with with tape.
Except For
the Dust Covers,
these two books are in
excellent condition
for being over
65
YEARS OLD!
We are willing to work on the price for this item,
therefore we have listed it as a BUY-IT-NOW item.
You also have the opportunity to MAKE-AN-OFFER!
- PLEASE NOTE -
The Two-Volume Set Of
“
The Tontine
”
is the only item
that you are bidding on
in this ebay listing.
The other photographs
are
provided for illustrative
purposes only and not
a part of this sale!
We have also been going through a large number
of Disney Memorabilia boxes containing thousands
of items
that we have collected over the past 45 years!
Take a look at our “OTHER ITEMS” and then mark
our “Ebay Store” as one of your favorites.
We will continue to add more
Disney Memorabilia Items often!
Please see our other listings for more
Disney Memorabilia and other interesting items.
We have been collecting Disney Memorabilia for 45 years.
We will be happy to offer a shipping and handling discount
on items that can be safely packaged together.
Email with any questions.
CONDITION
* Used and sold "As-Is".
* The Buyer pays for shipping and handling.
* No International shipping.
If you have a question about this item,
send an email and you should get a prompt reply.
Do not leave your questions for the last few hours
of the auction, as there may not be enough time to respond.
DIS 022104.02
_gsrx_vers_1292 (GS 8.3.6 (1292))