Books of the Weather Bird Press : oral history transcript / Vance Gerry ; interviewed by Rebecca Ziegler. 1992.

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Books of the Weather Bird Press : oral history transcript / Vance Gerry ; interviewed by Rebecca Ziegler. 1992.

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Gerry discusses his schooling, early work experiences, and subsequent career at Walt Disney Studio, and his career as a printer. Major topics discussed include the books that Gerry has printed, his ideas on book design and illustration, other printers and bookmen in Los Angeles, and Gerry's work at Disney Studio.

x, 254 leaves : port. ; 28 cm.

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The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (/ˈdɪzni/),[3] is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before officially changing its name to The Walt Disney Company in 1...

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Gerry was born in Pasadena, CA in 1929; apprenticed while a teenager at Grant Dahlstrom's Castle Press; trained as a commercial artist, Woodbury College; attended Art Center for Design and Chouinard Art Institute; began working at Walt Disney Animation Studio as a layout and story sketch artist, 1955; began operating Weather Bird Press (briefly called the Peach Pit Press), 1967; illustrated most of his books with line drawings, linoleum cuts, and pochoir; wrote and printed several books under th...