Animated Cartoons How They are Made Their Origin and Development by E. G. Lutz. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920. First printing with "Published February, 1920" stated with no listing of later printings and the Scribner's colophon on the bottom of the copyright page. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" xx, 261 pages Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black cloth with bright yellow lettering and decoration on the front cover and right yellow lettering on the spine. Moderate cover edge wear. There are miscellaneous minor cover scrapes and blemishes. Some of the gatherings within the book appear a bit loose, with slight separation within, but there seems no danger of pages or gatherings falling out. This is responsible for the unevenness of the page block edges. Light dust soiling on the edges of the page block. Light tanning inside the front and back covers. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages in spite of the aforementioned gathering problem. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. KH10a

"Edwin George Lutz (August 26, 1868 — March 30, 1951) was an American artist and author. As an illustrator, he contributed cartoons and human interest articles illustrated with his drawings to several magazines and newspapers. Under the name E.G. Lutz, he authored 17 books. Most were how-to manuals dealing with art and drawing techniques, but two were about aspects of the film industry, which was rapidly developing in the early years of the 20th century. One of his most popular books was Drawing Made Easy (1921), which was written for young artists. Perhaps his most influential work was Animated Cartoons (1920), the first book to describe what were then state-of-the-art animation techniques. A 19-year-old Walt Disney discovered the book at his local library and used it as a guide during his first years in his animation career." - wikipedia